Help me decide an enclosure?

[3rdleggedfreak]

Hi all,

A little back story, Last week my daughter found a jumper in the UK which we think was a fencepost jumping spider (if thats a thing) due to its colour and size, and he lived on the house plants until he decided to wander off. so a little saddened , she consulted her nana who turned up with an indo jumping spider, small enclosure and heat mat.

I will post a photo of the spider for an ID if possible as the box it came in didn't specify but looking at SE Asian jumping spiders they need 27c ish temps and a tall enclosure.

I was looking at an exo terra nano tall 20x20x130 cm as well as one of these, which is 31x21x30 cm

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I ordered the bigger one as i think more room cant be a bad thing but it can be easily cancelled and re-ordered for the exo terra, as well as a heat mat and thermostatic controller. we have coco board and ill put some kiln dried firewood in the tank for climbing and a little hide on top.

is there anything else we need for this little chap?

Sorry if this is the wrong forum, its my first post.

 

[Tarantuland]

I wouldn’t recommend a heat mat unless you’re somewhere cold, but glad to see you’re getting a thermostat if you do. That enclosure should be fine, but you could probably make one for cheaper from any plastic container with holes poked in it

 

[3rdleggedfreak]

Thanks for the reply, the heat mat is really just to make sure we are setup long term and make sure the enclosure stays comfortable, I doubt theres any need to use it during summer but winters can cool down quite a lot here. Also I wanted to get a larger enclosure if she wishes to get into bigger spiders later on.