Hi everyone,
I just went and watered my 5 spiderling enclosures. My PZB(E. campestratus) sling enclosure is a pill vial filled with dirt/coir? that I got from netbugs. I noticed that the cap was not tightly clasped shut(the front half of the cap was somewhat pointed at an angle and upwards). My PZB sling is the smallest out of all the ones I have(1/4 inch, maybe slightly smaller). I still doubt that it could have escaped as the space between the cap and pill vial was literally nothing. However, I can usually spot it when I take the vial out(usually on the surface or buried but right up against the sides). This time, I couldn't find it anywhere. I wet the substrate and dropped half a mealworm inside. I hope tomorrow the mealworm piece is gone so that I know she's still in there.
Are you all familiar with the netbug pill vials? What are the chances that the sling may have escaped? If it did escape, that's unfortunate as I spent 30 bucks on it but what concerns me more is that it might still be crawling around my apartment! If it's loose in my apartment, I'd rather just have it die instead of grow up to be a 6 inch wild tarantula that could bite me.. What are the chances it would survive and thrive into an adult loose in my apartment? Please let me know. Thanks!
I just went and watered my 5 spiderling enclosures. My PZB(E. campestratus) sling enclosure is a pill vial filled with dirt/coir? that I got from netbugs. I noticed that the cap was not tightly clasped shut(the front half of the cap was somewhat pointed at an angle and upwards). My PZB sling is the smallest out of all the ones I have(1/4 inch, maybe slightly smaller). I still doubt that it could have escaped as the space between the cap and pill vial was literally nothing. However, I can usually spot it when I take the vial out(usually on the surface or buried but right up against the sides). This time, I couldn't find it anywhere. I wet the substrate and dropped half a mealworm inside. I hope tomorrow the mealworm piece is gone so that I know she's still in there.
Are you all familiar with the netbug pill vials? What are the chances that the sling may have escaped? If it did escape, that's unfortunate as I spent 30 bucks on it but what concerns me more is that it might still be crawling around my apartment! If it's loose in my apartment, I'd rather just have it die instead of grow up to be a 6 inch wild tarantula that could bite me.. What are the chances it would survive and thrive into an adult loose in my apartment? Please let me know. Thanks!