Enclosure for Aviculara versicolor

[Gods Spartan]

Found this little gem. I like the flip lid...Found at the Container Store.

 

[viper69]

Doable. Changes I'd make

1. Decrease sub by at least 50%
2. Make setup arboreal in design, currently it's really setup for a terrestrial.

Avics don't need much to thrive. When I raise slings and even juvis. I drop slings in a Thorton vial with a rectangular slab of cork and a bit of sub-- that's it. I've done the same w/ juvi's or uses plastic plants instead.

 

[Gods Spartan]

There's an angle I didn't take a picture of, but that cork bark pretty much goes from bottom to top. You may be right on the substrate though...the last enclosure I had this little guy in was webbed up a lot around a small hole in a cork bark I drilled for him. Pretty much stayed there unless I offered food.

 

[viper69]

There's an angle I didn't take a picture of, but that cork bark pretty much goes from bottom to top. You may be right on the substrate though...the last enclosure I had this little guy in was webbed up a lot around a small hole in a cork bark I drilled for him. Pretty much stayed there unless I offered food.

Trust me on the sub. I've raised a lot of Avic slings, they don't need that much. Decreasing the sub level, INCREASES the amount of vertical height they have.

 

[Gods Spartan]

Trust me on the sub. I've raised a lot of Avic slings, they don't need that much. Decreasing the sub level, INCREASES the amount of vertical height they have.

Gotcha. Thanks for the input! Always willing to take advice.

 

[wabbitGTI]

I will also add that I housed my avic in an almost identical enclosure and he/she webbed along the top and onto the opening portion of the lid. As mentioned elsewhere this caused the webbing to be torn anytime I needed to open the enclosure. That's also where the sling hid out, so over the side it would go whenever the lid was opened.

 

[Red Eunice]

I will also add that I housed my avic in an almost identical enclosure and he/she webbed along the top and onto the opening portion of the lid. As mentioned elsewhere this caused the webbing to be torn anytime I needed to open the enclosure. That's also where the sling hid out, so over the side it would go whenever the lid was opened.

Yes, its referred as "the jack-in-the -box effect ". A problem with top opening enclosures, 16&32 oz. deli containers, used by many keepers.
I use inverted ones, they bolt up, I remove the bottom, do maintenance or whatever and replace. Simple and no escapes.
P. reduncus sling just spins new silk when the bottom is removed and destroys its webbing. I keep the soil dry the bottle cap full at all times. Haven't had problems feeding live prey, arboreal are excellent hunters.