How long can over 3" spiders stay in their shipping containers after overnight delivery?

Michael Livote

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I just got in a three pack of beautiful spiders around half an hour ago from an overnight shipment,. I have enclosures set up for two of them, but found out yesterday the freebie was a rather large (I was initially told it was a sling) 2.5-3" Rambala Red Rump :) I now need to wait for Amazon to deliver a suitable enclosure for her/him sometime this afternoon (they usually get to me around 3-ish). Is it ok to keep them in their shipping containers till then? I've never waited after receiving them before, but this one kinda caught me off guard. I work from home during the day and can take the time off to house them, but I can only do this once during the day. Is it safe to wait do this? The containers are well ventilated and they look well packed. Thanks!
 
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Michael Livote

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cold blood said:
they dont need fancy enclosures, just put it in a 16oz deli cup
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They're already in deli cups 😂 Just not very large ones. I have no other sizes at hand unfortunately. The enclosure I ordered is of course getting messed up by Amazon....so I'm heading out to my local petco on my lunch break for a set of glass tanks for the two bigger species I got in. I'm done with going for the fancy acrylic stuff, they're not big enough anyway and I hate rehousing them as it stresses the heck out of them. Thanks for the suggestion, it's appreciated :)
 
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As long as there is ventilation and proper temperature and moisture they will be fine in whatever they shipped in. Cramped, but fine

Stress from maintenance and rehousing is negligible. It doesn't harm them in any way
 
Michael Livote

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SpookySpooder said:
As long as there is ventilation and proper temperature and moisture they will be fine in whatever they shipped in. Cramped, but fine

Stress from maintenance and rehousing is negligible. It doesn't harm them in any way
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I know, but the stress is more on me than them....I don't like handling my T's because of fear of damaging one as I did when I was a stupid kid many (MANY..) years ago...I'm not a kid anymore and haven't tried to handle one since. So I try not to rehouse so often if I can get away with it, I've got no nails left to bite ;)
 
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Michael Livote said:
They're already in deli cups 😂 Just not very large ones. I have no other sizes at hand unfortunately. The enclosure I ordered is of course getting messed up by Amazon....so I'm heading out to my local petco on my lunch break for a set of glass tanks for the two bigger species I got in. I'm done with going for the fancy stuff, they're not big enough anyway and I hate rehousing them as it stresses the heck out of them. Thanks for the suggestion, it's appreciated :)
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Problem solved then . acrylic you don’t like waiting on or is it out of stock 😟???🐣
 
Michael Livote

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Ultum4Spiderz said:
Problem solved then . acrylic you don’t like waiting on or is it out of stock 😟???🐣
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Not big enough actually. I'm sticking to glass for the time being. They have been successfully housed and they all look great :) I'll post them up when I can get some decent shots :) Thanks to all on this thread for your help, it's appreciated!
 
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Many Days. Dealers keep them in them when they are going from show to show
 
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