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Arachnosquire
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Hello my name is Ben. I have had two slings for roughly 2 months. A chilean rose and a chaco golden knee
I have had them in the same enclosures since receiving them both, two smallish mason jars. Somehow they both have molted within the same week. Well, the chaco was hidden for 30 days or so and emerged after molting. The rosehair molted in less than 7 hours, in the open. It was very surprising. Nonetheless, they both are roughly 1" in size now.
The chaco has not eaten since ive owned it, the rosehair once. I mention this to say that i havent had to clean/extract dead prey buried in substrate but 5-6 times total. The size of their enclosures vary only in their heights. The difference is about 1". There is equal depth of substrate in each, about 3-3.5". The jars both have a diameter of 3".
Since molting they both also can climb the glass walls, so the height of substrate surface to ceiling is now a concern; ive been told.
My questions are:
Is completely upheaving such a large environment (for a sling) too much stress, or unhealthy in anyway for a t?
How imperative is it to remove appropriately sized live prey items from the enclosure?
How long does a small cricket actually live inside an enclosure thats mildly humid and no food source- an estimate?
Is a feeding chamber-type scenario an option with feeding t's? As in a separate enclosure used purely to feed? Or would this be entirely too much stress/hassle.
Are there advantages health-wise to feed live vs dead?
The reason for my specific questions is that im considering switching enclosures to 4oz plastic cups to ease the search for prey (dead or alive) on the t's part and mine also.
Thank you in advance for any help provided, i know my questions are pretty detailed.
I have had them in the same enclosures since receiving them both, two smallish mason jars. Somehow they both have molted within the same week. Well, the chaco was hidden for 30 days or so and emerged after molting. The rosehair molted in less than 7 hours, in the open. It was very surprising. Nonetheless, they both are roughly 1" in size now.
The chaco has not eaten since ive owned it, the rosehair once. I mention this to say that i havent had to clean/extract dead prey buried in substrate but 5-6 times total. The size of their enclosures vary only in their heights. The difference is about 1". There is equal depth of substrate in each, about 3-3.5". The jars both have a diameter of 3".
Since molting they both also can climb the glass walls, so the height of substrate surface to ceiling is now a concern; ive been told.
My questions are:
Is completely upheaving such a large environment (for a sling) too much stress, or unhealthy in anyway for a t?
How imperative is it to remove appropriately sized live prey items from the enclosure?
How long does a small cricket actually live inside an enclosure thats mildly humid and no food source- an estimate?
Is a feeding chamber-type scenario an option with feeding t's? As in a separate enclosure used purely to feed? Or would this be entirely too much stress/hassle.
Are there advantages health-wise to feed live vs dead?
The reason for my specific questions is that im considering switching enclosures to 4oz plastic cups to ease the search for prey (dead or alive) on the t's part and mine also.
Thank you in advance for any help provided, i know my questions are pretty detailed.