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Hi,
Try to search for storage containers for noodles, granola, grains, cereals, etc. – these are often slim boxes.
In these "Haplopelma-tanks" they can dig a burrow in which the humidity is perfect for them. Like I told above, I water them about twice a year. Since Volker is keeping his Asian tarantulas in these "Haplopelma-tanks" (he is doing this much longer than me) he has more success with keeping them and also breeding them regularely without the above mentioned problems.
Also wild caught spiders normally will accept the prepared burrow very quick and settle down. So you will have less problems with dehydrated WC asian spiders.
btw, I am also keeping my other burrowing spiders, like Ephebopus spp., Hysterocrates spp., etc. like this.
regards,
Martin
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Hi,
the brand is "rotho". I buy them at "Marktkauf" or "Kaufland". But probably other big supermarket chains will have them too.Originally posted by Alonso99
Where did you get the containers? They look cool
You can use any tall container, but I would recommend strait/slim containers (mine are only 10 cm wide). The advantage of a strait container is, that the chamber at the end of the burrow will be at one side of the containers "wall". => you can always look inside the burrow and check the spider. When you take a container with a larger diameter, the spider can built her burrow in the middle of the tank and you will see nothing of her and also can't check her to see if everything is allright.Originally posted by kosh
i havent seen those containers anywhere....i wonder if you could do something similar with these Round Kritter Keeper :?
Try to search for storage containers for noodles, granola, grains, cereals, etc. – these are often slim boxes.
yep! Spiders gain a lot of the humidity they need by respire. Most Asian spiders come from very humid regions. When you keep them in normal tanks where they can't dig deep, they often don't settle down, are always wandering arround, try to escape, they don't accept an artificial retreat which isn't a deep burrow, when they molt they might get stuck in the exuvia, if they built eggsacks they eat them or the eggsacks drys out and they don't live long.Originally posted by Atrax
Have you noticed if any of the harder to acclimate species (like some wild caught Asians for instance) adjust better in a set up like that?
In these "Haplopelma-tanks" they can dig a burrow in which the humidity is perfect for them. Like I told above, I water them about twice a year. Since Volker is keeping his Asian tarantulas in these "Haplopelma-tanks" (he is doing this much longer than me) he has more success with keeping them and also breeding them regularely without the above mentioned problems.
Also wild caught spiders normally will accept the prepared burrow very quick and settle down. So you will have less problems with dehydrated WC asian spiders.
btw, I am also keeping my other burrowing spiders, like Ephebopus spp., Hysterocrates spp., etc. like this.
regards,
Martin
www.spiderpix.com
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