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I made a new thread about this because it is such a great idea that I want more people to see it and TWO threads makes it more likely to be seen. Original thread: http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?262456-Poor-man-s-arboreal-enclosure-for-slings... so all accolades belong to Buggidy. However, I think I one-upped her.
Having gone shopping for sling enclosures and not finding anything small enough that would also allow me to view them, I remembered this idea and stopped at Publix on a whim. I asked to speak with the produce manager and I told him that I was "an entomology student at _____ university, doing a class project on the excavation practices and techniques of the Ceratogyrus darlingi tarantula" and the parfait cups were EXACTLY the right size and could I please buy 20 of them? Well, he was so confused by all the big words that he simply asked, "it's for school you say? Just take 'em. No charge." I actually got 25 cups because that's what the stocker person happened to grab. Best of all, I don't own a C darlingi (it's just one of the few Latin names I can pronounce in its entirety), I graduated years ago so I am not doing a class project, and I never was an entomology student! I lied, yes, but I DID offer to pay for them. He did the free part on his own.
I had to say something other than "hi, I want to buy your parfait cups to make houses for my pet bugs, please?"
So, here are my FREE arboreal and semi-arboreal sling cages. Air holes are 1/16" made with soldering wand.
Having gone shopping for sling enclosures and not finding anything small enough that would also allow me to view them, I remembered this idea and stopped at Publix on a whim. I asked to speak with the produce manager and I told him that I was "an entomology student at _____ university, doing a class project on the excavation practices and techniques of the Ceratogyrus darlingi tarantula" and the parfait cups were EXACTLY the right size and could I please buy 20 of them? Well, he was so confused by all the big words that he simply asked, "it's for school you say? Just take 'em. No charge." I actually got 25 cups because that's what the stocker person happened to grab. Best of all, I don't own a C darlingi (it's just one of the few Latin names I can pronounce in its entirety), I graduated years ago so I am not doing a class project, and I never was an entomology student! I lied, yes, but I DID offer to pay for them. He did the free part on his own.
I had to say something other than "hi, I want to buy your parfait cups to make houses for my pet bugs, please?"So, here are my FREE arboreal and semi-arboreal sling cages. Air holes are 1/16" made with soldering wand.
