Haplopelma Setup -- Too Big?

[Mojo Jojo]

Well, I put my Haplopelma aureopilosum into a new setup. I'm not sure if it is too big or not. It does give it some more burrowing room. The Haplopelma s'ling is probably between .75 and 1 inch.

Here are a couple shots of the vivarium. Tell me what you think.

Big Dragonfly

Top View:

 

[Mojo Jojo]

Here is the side view. Oh yeah, the diminsions of the vivarium w/ lid on are: 3.5" x 3.5" x 6".

 

[Theraphosa]

I think your setup is fine.. your setup is 3 times bigger than mine... I'm using a plastic cup... here's a pic.

 

[Theraphosa]

from the side view...

 

[Mojo Jojo]

Originally posted by Theraposa
I think your setup is fine.. your setup is 3 times bigger than mine... I'm using a plastic cup... here's a pic.

Your's doesn't look that much smaller than mine. Anyways, you have more substrate for yours to burrow in.

Big Dragonfly

 

[Theraphosa]

yeah.. you see that plastic flower..? it burrow down about 2 inches and using the flower as an entrance... did yours burrow yet?

 

[conipto]

I have my H. lividum sling in something that is probably too big for it. It's in a rectangular plastic container, shaped and proportioned like those that Martin posted on his adult Haplopelma pic posts a while back, but about 5 inches high overall. I have the vial in it still,(on it's side) and that's about all the clearance there is to the top. I still haven't mastered moving slings out of vials without them going nuts on me.

Bill

 

[Mojo Jojo]

Originally posted by conipto
I still haven't mastered moving slings out of vials without them going nuts on me.

Bill

I have really taken to the bathtub method of working with t's that I don't trust. I can usually coax the sling t out of its vial by brushing its back legs softly w something long. After the t gets out of the vial and stops running in the bathtub, I take the larger vial and put it on its side, with the opening facing the tarantula. I then coax the tarantula into moving again, and it almost always goes straight into the larger vial. I then that the large vial, and turn it over at an angle, with the lip of the vial on the new substrate, and let the t slide gently down it into its new home.

Big Dragonfly

 

[Vys]

Originally posted by Big Dragonfly


Here are a couple shots of the vivarium. Tell me what you think.

Top View:

Exactly what is in that waterdish? Rat intestines ?

 

[Mister Internet]

Re: Re: Haplopelma Setup -- Too Big?

Originally posted by Vys
Exactly what is in that waterdish? Rat intestines ?

They rather look like smooth aquarium stones...

 

[Mojo Jojo]

Smooth aquarium stones it is!