Dennis Cada
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- May 2, 2016
- Messages
- 49
At a reptile show last weekend I bought 4 tiny Ts, an Avicularia versicolor, a Psalmopoeus reduncus, a Brachypelma albopilosum, and a Pterinochilus murinus. Two of them are about half an inch, one is a quarter inch, and the last is so small it came in a vial about the size of my baby finger only half as long.
Then when I got home it dawned on me that I really didn't know how to take care of the things! I have had 7 adult Ts for the past few months which appear to be doing at least fairly well but I've never had anything quite this small. I've seen a few posts here which indicate I'm not doing too badly so far and they should still be OK. I've transfered two of them into small critter keepers and the other two into clear containers about the size of small margarine tubs. I've put water in small bottle caps and I've been feeding them flightless fruit flies.
I've seen that the fruit flies are a good choice but the water is not necessary. My questions are:
What should I be using for substrate? Does it REALLY make a difference? How can I provide heat for these small containers, now that the temperatures are dropping? What can I expect in the next few months? Is there anything I should be watching out for?
Then when I got home it dawned on me that I really didn't know how to take care of the things! I have had 7 adult Ts for the past few months which appear to be doing at least fairly well but I've never had anything quite this small. I've seen a few posts here which indicate I'm not doing too badly so far and they should still be OK. I've transfered two of them into small critter keepers and the other two into clear containers about the size of small margarine tubs. I've put water in small bottle caps and I've been feeding them flightless fruit flies.
I've seen that the fruit flies are a good choice but the water is not necessary. My questions are:
What should I be using for substrate? Does it REALLY make a difference? How can I provide heat for these small containers, now that the temperatures are dropping? What can I expect in the next few months? Is there anything I should be watching out for?