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And I now know why hobbyists avoid screens like the plague. Below is my enclosure, and by the title, you can gather what I'm about to say. My A. chalcodes has suddenly decided that it's an arboreal. I've had this T for going on half a year now, and up until a few days ago, it never once (to my knowledge) showed any interest in climbing. Now, I wouldn't usually worry about this too much - what you see in the pic is where he is 95% of the time. Even if he does climb, the fall wouldn't be bad due to a lack of height. He happily eats, is very docile, and is actually one of the easiest spiders I have in terms of care. But the little bugger keeps climbing and getting its feet stuck in the screen. Not the entire foot, mind you, but the little claw on each end of the foot. Last night, it got all but two feet stuck, and I actually had to take a pin and unhook the claws from the screen to get him down. If this keeps up, I know he's going to lose a leg.
Any tips on how to deter this behavior? I'm really at a loss with this one. I considered buying plastic vents from a hardware store and replacing them, but they're super glued (or something), and I'm not sure if I'd be able to get them all off.
Any tips on how to deter this behavior? I'm really at a loss with this one. I considered buying plastic vents from a hardware store and replacing them, but they're super glued (or something), and I'm not sure if I'd be able to get them all off.