My sling set-ups. Rate please?

[Camille]

Slings are only due to get here in february but I set them up already to make sure everything is good.

I will be getting
Grammostola rosea 1/3"
Brachypelma smithi 1/2"
Avicularia avicularia 1/2"

Im also debating getting a C.elegans

The holes arent drilled into all of them in this photo

This is the enclosure with B smithi and G.Rosea. Do i have enough holes? and is this too big? Its 4" by 4" floor space. it shows 2 holes in the back but there are 4 now.

This is the one for A.vic. I added more holes than this. The whole back is drilled, the sides have two rows on top and two rows on the bottom and the front just had two rows on the top. Is this overkill for ventilation? I read that they needed good ventilation. Our reptile room has 65% humidity so with misting we shouldnt have trouble keeping good humidity

 

[Grin]

Those look a bit big, esp for your 1/3" B. smithi you'll never be able to find them once they start to burrow.
Just keep them in vials or Xsmall containers, it will make it easier for them to find food as well.

 

[Camille]

Those look a bit big, esp for your 1/3" B. smithi you'll never be able to find them once they start to burrow.
Just keep them in vials or Xsmall containers, it will make it easier for them to find food as well.

the G.rosea is 1/3" the B.smithi is 1/2"

Any suggestions on where to get Vials? And how long it would take till they would be ready for those enclosures?

 

[donniedark0]

I really really like them. They look great. But I also think they are too big for the sizes you are getting. +1 on the vial idea.

 

[Camille]

I really really like them. They look great. But I also think they are too big for the sizes you are getting. +1 on the vial idea.

Ill keep them for when their big enough then . Any Idea on where to get the vials?

 

[fearcrazy8]

http://www.thorntonplastics.com

 

[Grin]

Oops sorry for the mix up, but still both are slow growers.
Most of the time when you order from someone, they will come in vials or plastic sauce containers (forgot what they are called).
Ask the person or dealer you are purchasing from what they are sending them in.
You can find vials on kenthebugguy.com, he sells extras & used. So you won't have to buy a bulk order from the websites people usually get them from.

 

[Camille]

Oops sorry for the mix up, but still both are slow growers.
Most of the time when you order from someone, they will come in vials or plastic sauce containers (forgot what they are called).
Ask the person or dealer you are purchasing from what they are sending them in.
You can find vials on kenthebugguy.com, he sells extras & used. So you won't have to buy a bulk order from the websites people usually get them from.

So this would be a good vial? For all three species im looking at?
http://www.kenthebugguy.com/product...ucts_id=858&osCsid=9a8829vm8nlfen77p1oiv3r8b2

 

[Grin]

those or these
http://www.kenthebugguy.com/product...ucts_id=857&osCsid=5bco8cdnvu8jp3rtqmie3th067

I'd go with the smaller ones, cause once they hit an 1" you can most likely put them in the nice enclosures you made.

 

[Terry D]

Those look a bit big, esp for your 1/3" B. smithi you'll never be able to find them once they start to burrow.
Just keep them in vials or Xsmall containers, it will make it easier for them to find food as well.

^What they said. Nice looking enclosures, but wait and let them get a little bigger before putting them in larger, more elegantly decorated gauntlets. You'll be feeding a little more frequently when they're tiny and trust me from experience, such enclosures can prove a nightmare time-wise and for consistency- after all, unless it were an arboreal incorporating the decos into part of it's web, etc, they could care less about all the pretty stuff!
Cheers,

Terry

 

[Formerphobe]

Fast food restaurant condiment cups work great for small terrestrial slings. The Avic will need something taller.
Congrats on your new additions!
Definitely go for the C. elegans! Can live in a condiment cup for a good long while. Careful with the size of your vent holes...

 

[donniedark0]

also try local arts and crafts shops, they have vials and cool tiny enclosures. I do love yours though , they will look great on display, something im trying to accomplish instead of hoarding T's in hidden shoe boxes that look good under the bed lol.......... you defin have the eye for it, goodluck

 

[Camille]

also try local arts and crafts shops, they have vials and cool tiny enclosures. I do love yours though , they will look great on display, something im trying to accomplish instead of hoarding T's in hidden shoe boxes that look good under the bed lol.......... you defin have the eye for it, goodluck

Thanks. Ill also go see if they have the containers that are half the size I have now(They are the size of those viles just square). Those would work most likely, If not then Ill go look for vials. And just use the smallest drill bit I have for holes. I want something that I can see them in if possible. Obviously the T's dont care what their in as long as their needs are met. I just would like for it to look nice, be safe and optimum for the T's at the same time. These will be my first T's. Ive kept snakes and reptiles for 10 years(My husband has been keeping reptiles since 1973 and has kept Tarantula's before back in the early 80's)

The flowers were actually some of the flowers from my wedding bouquet . Figured it would give it a personal touch!

 

[Camille]

Just got these containers(Placed on top of the older ones for comparison. Their 2.5 inches same as the 40 Dram) What do you guys think?

 

[Camille]

My Slings are due to arrive next tuesday so Im setting up the small enclosures. Sadly my drill keeps dying. So here is the A.vic sling enclosure. Im not done drilling holes. The plan is the whole back drilled(Which ive done) Then two rows on the top and bottom on the sides and one row on top and bottom for the front. Im assuming that would be ok for ventilation? Not too overkill? Our reptile room is 65% humidity.

 

[dsdishon]

Very Cute. Where do you guys find these acrylic boxes?

 

[Camille]

I got mine at Michaels. they have all sorts of different sizes

 

[Chicken Farmer]

what do they call them? i looked for them on the Micheals website. found nothing.

 

[AmysAnimals]

I like the enclosures but from what I have been told slings should not have water dishes because they can get in it and drown. My slings both don't have water dishes. I mist my Versicolor and I spray a corner of my GBB once a week.

Also you can get containers like that from the container store, if you can't find them at michaels. Not sure what category they would be in though.

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[Frostbite]

I also use small cubes for slings. Michaels does not show on their website the acrylic boxes they actually have in the store. The one's I use for small slings are 1" by 1" by 3". I have a dozen slings in that size. From there they go to a 2" by 2" by 4" or to a deli cup, whatever I have open at the time.