Luckily i have a new enclosure ready for itYou will need to open the enclosure eventually and spooking Ts is at times inevitable. My P. irminia hides away every time, just before I drop in a feeder - and I'm glad
If you "unclamp" the sides of the enclosure, the GBB might hide away and you can fill the dish, as well as add some drops onto the webbing. Alternatively, buy a dropper and let it rain down into the water dish and a few droplets on the web. That's how I do it for lots of species. Your GBB is getting a big bit for this enclosure anyway and they molt pretty often. An upgrade is recommended
The hardening process for slings is quicker than for adult Ts. They can often eat after 3 - 4 days, but I always wait around a week, no matter if it's an adult or a sling. Just to be safe. You can leave it for another 3 days, if you'd likeLuckily i have a new enclosure ready for it
But is 4 days enough for the exoskeleton to harden? If it will bolt it may screw up it's legs.
. As for the legs, I've never had any issues with them after a molt.
Well i filled the water bowl without any problems! The sling is already drinking now.The hardening process for slings is quicker than for adult Ts. They can often eat after 3 - 4 days, but I always wait around a week, no matter if it's an adult or a sling. Just to be safe. You can leave it for another 3 days, if you'd like
Great to hear!
Yeah but anything else will not fit so a bottle cap is my only option, i know they can't drown but i've seen threads here in which people still had dead slings in a bottle cap.Great to hear!
I generally prefer larger water dishes that don't dry out as quickly as a bottle cap. You don't have to worry about your T drowning.
I would recommend you to post a pic of the new enclosure on here or in a separate thread. There are lots of keepers with experience that can give you additional tips on how the setup should look. GBBs can be a bit finicky as far as anchor points for webbing goes, but a pic will be needed in order to help.
Looks good in there! It's plump enough, it's fine.
Oh my heck how did I not think of this?!? I hvae a GBB that has cocooned himself off in web and I wanted to give him a bit of water after his molt. I was trying to figure out how to get a few drops in there. DUH! I have a zillion syringes (my dog gets shots).
I don't know if I'd use a sharp needle, but blunt tip needles are readily available on Amazon in various gauges & connector types, as well as large volume syringes. If you're using existing syringes with new blunt needles, you'd need to match the connector. I'm partial to the luer lock connection, but others would probably work as well, provided the needle and syringe are the same.
I rarely say this, but... too much substrate!
I had my GBB in a Ferrero Rocher box as well. I used a bottle cap with no problems. And I'd recommend putting all the anchor points to one side, otherwise, she'll web up the whole thing and then you have to destroy the webbing every time you open the enclosure. Give her a piece of cork bark leaning to the side as a starter den. she'll go from there. 
Great post...wonderful information.I rarely say this, but... too much substrate!
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She completely webbed up the non-opening side in no time:
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Oh no need to waste a needle. I just used the syringe and it worked perfectly!! I use the slip-tip syringes like this. I have a zillion of them because I give my dog monthly shots, but also because we did kitten rescue before we moved and these are handy for feeding tiny babies or medicine or whatever.
I have those around as well, but nothing beats the blunt tip needle for making sure the water gets into the bowl. Lots of range to pivot so you can get it more precisely where you want it, even if the bowl isn't precisely under a hole. Or to place drops into webs at very specific points (low spots where it can pool etc).
