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Enclosure??
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What size is the enclosure? If it's one of the small critter keepers, it should be fine. I'd definitely include a water dish for a spider that size (usually a milk jug cap).
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About 4.5 inches in width and 4 inches height.
That sounds like the mini keeper. I think that's a bit cramped for a 2" with the dish and hide. I have my son's genic in that size and he's 1.5"and is a bit cramped. It works though until I can switch him to the next size, the small.
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Ahhh...a mini. I agree with @kormath that it would be a bit too cramped for my tastes. I bought a few of those mini KKs a couple years ago and never used them. By the time the Ts were large enough that they couldn't squeeze out the vents, they were a bit too big for the enclosure if I wanted to include a hide and a water dish.
I don't start them in the kk's until they're 3/4 or 1" then I use the mini. At 1.5-3" I use the small. I'm estimating the 3" mark. I don't have a T that size yet so I'll have to see
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After watching a 1.25" sling start to slip out one of the vents in the mini I attempted to use, Maybe the ones I had just had extra large vents. I packed those away after rehousing the spider into something more secure, and never attempted to use them again. I've used the small KKs, but only after the spider hits about 2" to avoid potential escapes.
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The vents on the ones I have are 2mm wide. The GBB was moved into it after his 1" molt. He'd have to pancake his abdomen to get through those.
Even Koby at 1/2" couldn't escape through the vents. He did find the handle hole and get free for a couple hours though. So never take the handles off. He was in the mini for about a week until we got a more appropriate sized enclosure for him. The mini was to big.
Even Koby at 1/2" couldn't escape through the vents. He did find the handle hole and get free for a couple hours though. So never take the handles off. He was in the mini for about a week until we got a more appropriate sized enclosure for him. The mini was to big.
I've held the GBB. But not any others. I won't hold the genic. The rest are just too small
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It was a 1.25" GBB that almost escaped mine. All they have to do is fit their carapace through. I have a photo of it it half out on an old phone; I'll try to find it. After seeing that, I definitely wouldn't chance it with any other spider that size. I was warned before I tried using them that this could happen, and I didn't listen. After seeing that, my lesson was learned. 
They just worry me (and it was a pain getting that sling out of the crack!).
Edit: I realize that I did use one after that. When my 2.5" A. insubtilis juvenile was showing "DKS" symptoms, I put him into one for a smaller, moister environment.
They just worry me (and it was a pain getting that sling out of the crack!).Edit: I realize that I did use one after that. When my 2.5" A. insubtilis juvenile was showing "DKS" symptoms, I put him into one for a smaller, moister environment.
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