Construction plans for a new enclosure. For P cambridgei.

[StephieCreate]

Usually the logic behind not going too big is to enable the tarantula to find its prey. Crickets can run but they can't hide. What you've got planned is all fine and good, but it will also give the crickets plenty of hiding places. If you throw a few crickets in there, you'll never know which ones died off and which ones were consumed. Maybe they all died off before the tarantula had a chance to find them.

I’m aware that can be an issue. I usually target feed. As even in a small enclosure I don’t trust the crickets. I’m terrified they will predate my tarantulas. ( my definition of target feed meaning I don’t leave the crickets to chance and place them in or around burrow entrances until it’s grabbed and I typically won’t leave until I see it’s been grabbed. I’ll give it a couple minutes before I add another)

 

[Introvertebrate]

I'll be doing some target feeding myself. On my latest rehousing, I may have gone a little bigger than I should have. The whole "feeders will eat you T while it molts" circumstance is a bit overstated. I've left feeders in during molts, and nothing happened. The feeder would have to have initiative and find the T, which is a challenge in itself.