I have an abundance of bamboo growing in my garden and I was wondering if the pieces I throw away to neaten the garden up can be used in my Tarantulas enclosures instead. I don’t treat it with any chemicals or such it just naturally grows here. Plus it looks pretty gorgeous so it would definitely look good in my arboreal setups. I don’t know anything about bamboo in T enclosures, but I know my bamboo definitely isn’t treated with fertilisers/pesticides.
Home-grown Bamboo safe for tarantulas?
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Sure, bamboo should be fine for your arboreals. The only concern you might have is mold if the enclosure is very moist - particularly if the bamboo is in direct contact with wet substrate - but that is not an issue that is exclusive to bamboo.
Also, if the spiders are small enough, they might hide inside the hollow bamboo stalks - not necessarily a bad thing, but could make them hard to find and lead to a few "My spider is missing! Did it get out?!?" panic attacks when the spider seems to have vanished from the enclosure.
Also, if the spiders are small enough, they might hide inside the hollow bamboo stalks - not necessarily a bad thing, but could make them hard to find and lead to a few "My spider is missing! Did it get out?!?" panic attacks when the spider seems to have vanished from the enclosure.