enclosure help!!

[hailey1130]

hi! i got my new pink toe matilda a new enclosure with cross ventilation - but im wondering if it's too small? she's about 2.5 inches
this is her current enclosure size compared to the new one! please help

 

[Mustafa67]

hi! i got my new pink toe matilda a new enclosure with cross ventilation - but im wondering if it's too small? she's about 2.5 inches
this is her current enclosure size compared to the new one! please help
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Pics of the T itself and the current setup would help

 

[Tbone192]

The dimensions in top pic look fine for a 2.5" Avicularia sp.

 

[hailey1130]

hi! i got my new pink toe matilda a new enclosure with cross ventilation - but im wondering if it's too small? she's about 2.5 inches
this is her current enclosure size compared to the new one! please help
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current setup

Pics of the T itself and the current setup would help

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[Tbone192]

The only changes I would make would be adding more clutter up top so your Avic has more hiding places. And maybe glue a bottle cap to the side of the enclosure so she can drink without venturing to the ground. Otherwise looks pretty good, I think, I don't own any but I have no shortage of arboreal tarantulas.

 

[hailey1130]

The only changes I would make would be adding more clutter up top so your Avic has more hiding places. And maybe glue a bottle cap to the side of the enclosure so she can drink without venturing to the ground. Otherwise looks pretty good, I think, I don't own any but I have no shortage of arboreal tarantulas.

thank you so much!! ill def get on that

 

[viper69]

hi! i got my new pink toe matilda a new enclosure with cross ventilation - but im wondering if it's too small? she's about 2.5 inches
this is her current enclosure size compared to the new one! please help
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The acrylic is too large for my taste. 11” tall it will likely starve to death. Smaller geometric designs increase prey predator interactions. Crix rarely reliably crawl up and to the top. Of the many dozens of Avics I’ve raised they rarely put enough web from top to bottom of “larger” setups that allow them to detect movement. Don’t count on them to come down for anything, esp water

Remember they are ambush predators waiting for food typically, rarely hunting.

 

[cold blood]

its smaller than the current enclosure though, right?

from my point of view it looks like it will be fine......ts often do better in slightly smaller enclosures than they do in over-sized ones.

 

[Brewser]

Welcome to A.B., Pinktoe / Avicularia & Hailey
I would add some more upright structure for web anchor points / hides.
Thanks for sharing, and best wishes.

 

[Tentacle Toast]

Looks good, in my opinion. I agree with whoever suggested adding a little more top "clutter," as that's where she'll probably make her main web lair.
Also, there are acrylic lids available which eliminate the disk of her getting her pedipalps stuck in the mesh; I use them when I'm home, but I replace themm with the screen mesh when I'm away for extended periods, just because I find that most competent people willing to tend to them in my absence have a tendency of over watering. That said, I've had them for years with the regular mesh before getting acrylic lids, & never had an issue, so I don't know how COMMON a problem it is, but it does happen.

 

[viper69]

Looks good, in my opinion. I agree with whoever suggested adding a little more top "clutter," as that's where she'll probably make her main web lair.
Also, there are acrylic lids available which eliminate the disk of her getting her pedipalps stuck in the mesh; I use them when I'm home, but I replace themm with the screen mesh when I'm away for extended periods, just because I find that most competent people willing to tend to them in my absence have a tendency of over watering. That said, I've had them for years with the regular mesh before getting acrylic lids, & never had an issue, so I don't know how COMMON a problem it is, but it does happen.

Screen- well it only needs to happen once to a T for death or injury to occur.

Screen is bad bad bad

It’s like a seatbelt, I haven’t needed one for decades but…. Why risk not wearing one