What do y'all keep your ephobopus in?

Athenas Boy · Aug 31, 2014

I've had mine (emerald skeleton) in a KK with about 5" of coco fiber. He burrowed straight to the bottom then he followed the floor of the KK. I have this old pickle jar it's about a gallon. It's a foot tall (and plastic) I'm assuming that would be more suitable? I'd rather give him more burrow room then floor space even though he comes out and explores pretty often for a pet hole. Note I use the term he very lightly. Like hydrogen light. And so this isn't such a bone dry thread I'd also like to know/see what you keep your ephos in. Or any pet hole for that matter

viper69 · Aug 31, 2014

I keep my Blue Fangs in containers that allow burrowing AND exploration as that is their behavior.

BobGrill · Aug 31, 2014

I gave my adult female murinus 8 inches of substrate and it burrowed on its own. My blue fang I also keep on deep moist substrate.

Arachnomaniac19 · Sep 1, 2014

Athenas Boy said:
I've had mine (emerald skeleton) in a KK with about 5" of coco fiber. He burrowed straight to the bottom then he followed the floor of the KK. I have this old pickle jar it's about a gallon. It's a foot tall (and plastic) I'm assuming that would be more suitable? I'd rather give him more burrow room then floor space even though he comes out and explores pretty often for a pet hole. Note I use the term he very lightly. Like hydrogen light. And so this isn't such a bone dry thread I'd also like to know/see what you keep your ephos in. Or any pet hole for that matter

I keep all my slings in little (tall) deli cups filled 4/5 of the way with Eco earth. I keep my sub-adult H.gigas in a medium critter keeper with about the same amount of substrate.

lacrosse5001 · Sep 1, 2014

I followed SpiderEngineer's YouTube vid about keeping haplopelma sp.
I use walmart's mainstays brand gallon plastic container for my king baboon and Indian violet and they are constantly digging. Since T's don't have a great capacity for sight, I don't think fossorial T's mind limited floor space. I'm not familiar with the behavior with Ephobopus sp, but that's what I do for pet holes.

EDIT:
Now that I'm, not on my phone i can give some links:
Gallon jar I use for my fossorial T's:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Mainstays-1-Gal-Canister/16408650
I fill it up to like 3 or 4 inches from the top and remove dirt the T excavates and keep in in a baggie in case they need more dirt.

Here is the video I referred to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyjKIQmluF0
I try to reference this when I am setting up fossorial Tarantulas.

Beary Strange · Sep 1, 2014

My Ephebopus female is in a large Rubbermaid container with about 7 inches of substrate which she burrowed in diagonally. I actually have plans to move her once I move myself (because as it stands her container is already insanely heavy...trying to move her in an even larger, heavier one is fraught with 'No thanks').

freedumbdclxvi · Sep 1, 2014

I keep mine in gallon jars filled near to the top with substrate.

Storm76 · Sep 1, 2014

Actually, KritterKeeper without any problems. Admittedly, covered 50% of the lid to restrict humidity escape. Otherwise the T looks and behaves normally. Except for being quite calm

ReclusiveDemon · Sep 1, 2014

I keep my E. murinus female in an oval-shaped cereal container with a few air holes drilled on each side. It doesn't offer much floor space, but she has about 7 inches of burrowable substrate, which she has piled up into a mound several inches higher that she will sit on. I used to have her in a large tub with much more floor space, but she didn't make use of any of it from what I had seen, so this seems to suit her more.

BobGrill · Sep 2, 2014

I love the eye arrangement on E. murinus. My female is very chill thankfully. She's nothing like my blue-fang.

JZC · Sep 2, 2014

This brings to mind something I've been thinking about for fossorial tarantulas: A cage shaped like an upside down T. The spider can burrow down deep, then has two directions to expand the burrow. Would also work well for viewing purposes.

What do y'all keep your ephobopus in?

Athenas Boy

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viper69

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BobGrill

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Arachnomaniac19

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lacrosse5001

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Beary Strange

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freedumbdclxvi

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Storm76

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ReclusiveDemon

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BobGrill

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JZC

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