How can I tell if my T's hide spot is too small for it

[Flick and jojo]

Ok so I have a long way to go before I need to upgrade to a hollow trunk or Terra cotta pot for my 1" Boehmei sling but would like to gain a little more knowledge about their safe house.

I figured I would get some opinions. Specialy when they do that gogo gadget retract legs trick and poof they look small enough to fit into a sewing thimble.



How can you tell if the hide spot they use has become too small for them to live/hide in? is there a certain behavior I should watch for?


Thanks

 

[Amoeba]

If they don't fit in it then it's probably too small. I'd just get something bigger than you need and they'll move the substrate around to their liking.

 

[MB623]

Measure or guess the size of the T and size the hide appropriately. Too big is better than too small to an extent.

 

[Dr Pepper 8D]

Used to give my slings hides, and one day I was sure my B. Smithi sling had escaped, couldnt find it anywhere...after a good 15mins of inspecting the cork bark hide I had given it, I noticed a tiny crack, which looked impossible, even for a sling, to squeeze into. After a further 30mins of picking the cork bark to bits with a pair of tweezers, i managed to dig out the little bundle of joy...lesson learned! No more hides for slings lol

 

[Flick and jojo]

Used to give my slings hides, and one day I was sure my B. Smithi sling had escaped, couldnt find it anywhere...after a good 15mins of inspecting the cork bark hide I had given it, I noticed a tiny crack, which looked impossible, even for a sling, to squeeze into. After a further 30mins of picking the cork bark to bits with a pair of tweezers, i managed to dig out the little bundle of joy...lesson learned! No more hides for slings lol

now that is a hide artist.. lol

 

[DreamWeaver8]

Used to give my slings hides, and one day I was sure my B. Smithi sling had escaped, couldnt find it anywhere...after a good 15mins of inspecting the cork bark hide I had given it, I noticed a tiny crack, which looked impossible, even for a sling, to squeeze into. After a further 30mins of picking the cork bark to bits with a pair of tweezers, i managed to dig out the little bundle of joy...lesson learned! No more hides for slings lol

Try using small vials with a little substrate covering about a 1/4 of the circumference pack down and stick into the substrate in the enclosure. That's what I use for my 1"ish sling and he seems to love it.

 

[Rob1985]

all of the Brachy's I have had in the past never used the hide as slings, they burrowed. I have used film vials cut in half vertically before (thoroughly washed of course). now I have an over sized fake leaf and the end up webbing it to the size of the enclosure and burrowing.