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<blockquote data-quote="Arachnoclown" data-source="post: 142749" data-attributes="member: 27444"><p>Welcome to the group. Love your choice in spider...one of my favorite tarantulas. However your enclosure is way too big like everyone has stated. However you can use it in about 7-8 years when your T is fully grown (extremely slow growing species).</p><p>A simple food container is the perfect environment for your T to thrive in...and cheap!!</p><p>This Brachypelma Sabulosum is 10 months old (from eggs with legs stage). Water bottle cap for size reference. It will stay in this enclosure until it reaches 2". (Probably at least another year)[ATTACH=full]34387[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]34388[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>You should rehouse her into something smaller when she comes back out.</p><p>Also the crickets that seek refuge with her...they will kill her when she goes into molt. I lost a sling once to a missing cricket, I didnt know it was in there. All live prey items should be removed from sling enclosures after 24 hours. If your in doubt if the sling is hungry or not, kill the cricket and place it outside the enclosure.</p><p>I wouldn't count on the sex of your tarantula being a girl. Theres highly experienced experts in this forum that use high powered microscopes that have a hard time determining sex at your spiders size. Pet shops blow alot of smoke up people's butts to make a sale.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arachnoclown, post: 142749, member: 27444"] Welcome to the group. Love your choice in spider...one of my favorite tarantulas. However your enclosure is way too big like everyone has stated. However you can use it in about 7-8 years when your T is fully grown (extremely slow growing species). A simple food container is the perfect environment for your T to thrive in...and cheap!! This Brachypelma Sabulosum is 10 months old (from eggs with legs stage). Water bottle cap for size reference. It will stay in this enclosure until it reaches 2". (Probably at least another year)[ATTACH=full]34387[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]34388[/ATTACH] You should rehouse her into something smaller when she comes back out. Also the crickets that seek refuge with her...they will kill her when she goes into molt. I lost a sling once to a missing cricket, I didnt know it was in there. All live prey items should be removed from sling enclosures after 24 hours. If your in doubt if the sling is hungry or not, kill the cricket and place it outside the enclosure. I wouldn't count on the sex of your tarantula being a girl. Theres highly experienced experts in this forum that use high powered microscopes that have a hard time determining sex at your spiders size. Pet shops blow alot of smoke up people's butts to make a sale. [/QUOTE]
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