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<blockquote data-quote="Nicolas C" data-source="post: 117046" data-attributes="member: 3795"><p>Thank you! Well, maybe the enclosure is a too big for your little A chalcodes. Of course, in the nature they don't have enclosures. But in captivity, a big enclosure brings the following problems:</p><p>- difficulties to monitor humidity for a small T</p><p>- difficulties to know if the prey has been eaten or not</p><p>- difficulties for the T to catch the prey</p><p>- difficulties to know where the T is</p><p>- too much height means the risk of a dangerous fall</p><p></p><p>That being said, you can of course keep your T in such an enclosure. You just have to be very careful about what I listed above. But it will work (I kept my first T several years ago in the same enclosure's size as yours when he was still young and everything went well, except for a broken leg due to a fall).</p><p></p><p>If you choose to change the enclosure, you can keep your T in a deli cup of a good size (= around 1.5x to 2x the leg span of your T) with small holes for air flow. And give it the big enclosure when it's an adult.</p><p></p><p>Most important is: if you want some new small Ts, you can house them in smaller enclosures and get more (... just be careful: when they are larger, you will need larger enclosures too!).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nicolas C, post: 117046, member: 3795"] Thank you! Well, maybe the enclosure is a too big for your little A chalcodes. Of course, in the nature they don't have enclosures. But in captivity, a big enclosure brings the following problems: - difficulties to monitor humidity for a small T - difficulties to know if the prey has been eaten or not - difficulties for the T to catch the prey - difficulties to know where the T is - too much height means the risk of a dangerous fall That being said, you can of course keep your T in such an enclosure. You just have to be very careful about what I listed above. But it will work (I kept my first T several years ago in the same enclosure's size as yours when he was still young and everything went well, except for a broken leg due to a fall). If you choose to change the enclosure, you can keep your T in a deli cup of a good size (= around 1.5x to 2x the leg span of your T) with small holes for air flow. And give it the big enclosure when it's an adult. Most important is: if you want some new small Ts, you can house them in smaller enclosures and get more (... just be careful: when they are larger, you will need larger enclosures too!). [/QUOTE]
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