SuleymanC
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I am scared how slings of this species die very fast.. What exactly should I do for keeping them alive? Can you guys show me how you keep the setup?
Avicularia sling care
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Venom1080
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http://arachnoboards.com/threads/avicularia-care.291340/
That's how I raise mine. One bad molt with a versicolor and a unexplained purpurea death. Over the last 3 years that is.
That's how I raise mine. One bad molt with a versicolor and a unexplained purpurea death. Over the last 3 years that is.
KezyGLA
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The main thing that kills them is panicking, overthinking, trying to retain humidity levels.
Just make sure you have plenty ventilation but dont let things get too dry.
Cross ventilation is key to preventing stagnant air.
With that aside they are as easy to raise as any other spiderling.
Just make sure you have plenty ventilation but dont let things get too dry.
Cross ventilation is key to preventing stagnant air.
With that aside they are as easy to raise as any other spiderling.
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Not letting me edit anything, so I'll just add this on here. My sling cages.
Now a juvie Y diversipes. Kept bone dry from 1/2".
Purpurea I mentioned. All my others are raised the same.
I'd recommend 16oz delis over 32s till they're about 2". They are medium growers and not great eaters when young.
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The biggest Avic killer in captivity, which by the way is recommended in some care sheets, is moist, stuffy cages, usually do to overmisting. They need fairly dry substrate and cross ventilation, with a more or less solid top retain a microclimate. Humidity is from the water bowl, so it must be full and clean at all times, not from moist substrate. I put Avic slings, 2nd instar/ 1/2" legspan, in a 16 oz deli cup, with dry substrate, a piece of plastic plant (not silk, they have dyes and sometimes fragrances), and a small disposable plastic water bowl; I use the lids from 16 oz water bottles. On the upper sides of the cup I put 2 or 3 rings of holes. I only mist slings, and then it's weekly, a tint squirt and only on their silk which is for drinking, not humidity. Once they're past the sling size I don't mist any more. I've raised hundreds of Avic slings this way, 10 species. It works.
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Yeah I agree with the others...they're not particularly difficult at all...the problem is that every pet store and care sheet gives specific instructions...which happen to be deadly...because of this repeated mis-information, and people acting on it, there became a resounding belief that they are overly fragile or that they suffer SADS (Sudden Avic Death Syndrome...there is no such thing btw)...all this talk of them being hard to keep, simply stems from keeping them wrong. They are pretty hardy, but they are just less tolerant of certain conditions...like excess moisture.
Keep them as poec described and as venom illustrated. Here's my take on housing....
Good chunk of wood, surrounded by plants, a water dish and predominantly dry substrate with good ventilation.
IME they are actually fantastic eaters when young (tails off in adults, which are more prone to fasting) and growth is decent.
In 6-8 months you will have this...
Keep them as poec described and as venom illustrated. Here's my take on housing....
Good chunk of wood, surrounded by plants, a water dish and predominantly dry substrate with good ventilation.
IME they are actually fantastic eaters when young (tails off in adults, which are more prone to fasting) and growth is decent.
In 6-8 months you will have this...
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Avics and Caribena are the only slings I had to give smaller prey than normal to. Others take comparatively very large prey.Yeah I agree with the others...they're not particularly difficult at all...the problem is that every pet store and care sheet gives specific instructions...which happen to be deadly...because of this repeated mis-information, and people acting on it, there became a resounding belief that they are overly fragile or that they suffer SADS (Sudden Avic Death Syndrome...there is no such thing btw)...all this talk of them being hard to keep, simply stems from keeping them wrong. They are pretty hardy, but they are just less tolerant of certain conditions...like excess moisture.
Keep them as poec described and as venom illustrated. Here's my take on housing....
Good chunk of wood, surrounded by plants, a water dish and predominantly dry substrate with good ventilation.
IME they are actually fantastic eaters when young (tails off in adults, which are more prone to fasting) and growth is decent.
In 6-8 months you will have this...