Caribena versicolor: How to create an enclosure for slings.

[viper69]

This was an extremely helpful thread and I just built a replica for my versi sling for under $12. How often did you mist the sides of this enclosure? I am not doing a water dish until my sling is older. View attachment 347299

Why are you waiting for a dish???? You have the space.

Also a bowl is useful because you don’t know when they need water other than abdomen size.

They won’t always drink from a bowl or do so sporadically- still can’t predict when they will drink.

@Tentacle Toast thread for you

 

[Vanisher]

Never.
Water dish for all sizes of slings and adults

Personally i think waterbowls are extreamly unpractical for slings. I prefer misting

 

[Tentacle Toast]

Why are you waiting for a dish???? You have the space.

Also a bowl is useful because you don’t know when they need water other than abdomen size.

They won’t always drink from a bowl or do so sporadically- still can’t predict when they will drink.

@Tentacle Toast thread for you

Thank you... immensely!

 

[viper69]

Thank you... immensely!

Sure thing- Search inside AB via Google provides more answers than you would expect

 

[zeeman]

What are people using to place food on the web of the arboreals in enclosures that open at the bottom - such as AMAC's?

I have a pair of tweezers but man it is really hard to get a dead prey item up into an enclosure in the corner. I get when the T has sufficiently webbed things it'll be easier, but while they are still settling in the webs are far smaller.

I have read mixed reviews on Caribena and Avicularia slings hunting down. I did not see my previous sling ever take the pre-kill at that i placed on the ground or part way up on the moss piece I had.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Just put a cricket on the ground the spider will grab it and usually drop the bolus when its done.

 

[Python Patrol Exotics]

I might use something like this eventually https://www.walmart.com/ip/Better-Homes-and-Gardens-Square-Flip-Tite-Storage-Container/16332465, they come in a few different sizes for slings/juveniles..

These will not 'seal' once ventilation holes are made. So it will be like just setting the lid on top

 

[skullnbones]

First successful rehouse. Just held the top over the old vial and got my sling to walk right up and in. Great info on the enclosure setup.

 

[curtisgiganteus]

This is a great thread and relevant to most avic species as well.

I want to point out one thing that could pose an issue that OP said.

Removing a slings web because you can’t see it is unnecessary. Ts will build their bend in a way that optimizes what they instinctually need as far as environmental factors go, so long as your husbandry is on point. This places unnecessary stress on the spider and may even lead to a death. Heavier webbing happens when a spider is heading towards a molt as well. Not a good thing to do ever. To much of a risk for an outcome that has nothing to dowith the health of the animal.

 

[Ratmosphere]

You do make a great point.

It is beneficial to be able to remove the sling with ease when it grows. At the right time of course. This enclosure style makes that very easy and I should have worded it differently.

After rehousing and removing the webbing, it makes a great arboreal enclosure for other slings to be housed in.

 

[Moonbreaker00]

I am using this design, beautiful work!

 

[Ratmosphere]

Bumping for new members. The AMAC box model used here is the 100C model which is 2-5/16" x 2-5/16" x 4-3/16".

When the tarantula get bigger, you can use the 105C model which is 4" x 4" x 7-1/4". This will last them until the juvenile stage.

AMAC only sells them in cases, which can add up. I saw @Ramen suggested the TAP Plastics site for single order AMAC boxes recently.

It looks like they use the letter "M" in front of their model numbers instead of the "C" that appears on the AMAC site.

So an AMAC 100C is an M100 on the TAP Plastics site according to their dimensions.