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CyanideOwl

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Hey I am here now to ask maybe a little stupid question but it will give me some peace of mind.

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She is a female around 8cm leg span. How many molts can she be in here before I put her in 20x30x40?
 

Tarantula Trooper

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If you want to rehouse, key word want, you can anytime. You just will have a smaller spood in a big house! And all the issues that go along with such! Where is the spider?? Did the spider eat?? I have a tiny sling King Baboon that almost got re-housed as the enclosure ( Tarantula Cribs small cuboid) was too big! But decided to let him/her stay! Was a bit of a pain to locate ( still is but not bad) at times but that said I am so glad I did! Little joker has 2 burrows dug at either end of the enclosure. One on the super damp side and one on the drier side. Has a tunnel under the cork bark and spaghnum moss separate from the burrows and he uses the whole thing one end to the other! Glad I left him there now and no rehouses for a good spell! All that said if you want to wait I would guess a roundabout 3 molts but there are just too many variables with the timeframe of how long that will take. Supposed to be a fairly quick growing species from what I remember. I guess the whole point is you can put a smaller spider in a big enclosure but there can be drawbacks! It's your spider at the end of the day and you can put it anywhere you want it to go! Up to and including letting it run wild about the house...lol! Just kidding ! PS. Dig the nail polish!!! Lol!
 

CyanideOwl

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If you want to rehouse, key word want, you can anytime. You just will have a smaller spood in a big house! And all the issues that go along with such! Where is the spider?? Did the spider eat?? I have a tiny sling King Baboon that almost got re-housed as the enclosure ( Tarantula Cribs small cuboid) was too big! But decided to let him/her stay! Was a bit of a pain to locate ( still is but not bad) at times but that said I am so glad I did! Little joker has 2 burrows dug at either end of the enclosure. One on the super damp side and one on the drier side. Has a tunnel under the cork bark and spaghnum moss separate from the burrows and he uses the whole thing one end to the other! Glad I left him there now and no rehouses for a good spell! All that said if you want to wait I would guess a roundabout 3 molts but there are just too many variables with the timeframe of how long that will take. Supposed to be a fairly quick growing species from what I remember. I guess the whole point is you can put a smaller spider in a big enclosure but there can be drawbacks! It's your spider at the end of the day and you can put it anywhere you want it to go! Up to and including letting it run wild about the house...lol! Just kidding ! PS. Dig the nail polish!!! Lol!
My only concern is if she is okay in a terrarium this size and if she won't have problems molting. I usually watch them get live prey or prekill and see next day if it disappeared so that is not aproblem. :p
 

Tarantula Trooper

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My only concern is if she is okay in a terrarium this size and if she won't have problems molting. I usually watch them get live prey or prekill and see next day if it disappeared so that is not aproblem. :p
Fossorials in a bigger enclosure is not that bad as they burrow down and are then pretty simple. Some fossorials I will start in a 4"*4" T Cribs cube and my old world spiders are good to go for a few good moults! Arboreals can be different depending on species. Some burrow as slings, some not so much! In a bigger enclosure an arboreal would be hard to track especially in a thickly decorated enclosure! I have a P. Tigrinaweselli in a 3*3*6 that was listed at 1 to 1.5 DLS and it's usually not bad finding them. So I think arboreal a little bigger enclosure is not that bad. The other end of the spectrum was my Heterapoda sp David Bowie was microscopic and even in a T crib sling enclosure would disappear and they are arboreal. Stressful sometimes when there tiny and can't find them. Ohhh well! This got long again . Lol. Happy Spoodering!
 

CyanideOwl

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Fossorials in a bigger enclosure is not that bad as they burrow down and are then pretty simple. Some fossorials I will start in a 4"*4" T Cribs cube and my old world spiders are good to go for a few good moults! Arboreals can be different depending on species. Some burrow as slings, some not so much! In a bigger enclosure an arboreal would be hard to track especially in a thickly decorated enclosure! I have a P. Tigrinaweselli in a 3*3*6 that was listed at 1 to 1.5 DLS and it's usually not bad finding them. So I think arboreal a little bigger enclosure is not that bad. The other end of the spectrum was my Heterapoda sp David Bowie was microscopic and even in a T crib sling enclosure would disappear and they are arboreal. Stressful sometimes when there tiny and can't find them. Ohhh well! This got long again . Lol. Happy Spoodering!
I do not mind long answers and I do not understand most of the names and specifications you put up since I live in Europe but I will leave her there a little more. She already molted 2 times here so maybe she can stay 2 more times? I just don't want her to get stuck because of lack of space. And 20x30x40 seems like a big upgrade so I will wait till she is much bigger for that. She is elusive as it is I caught her spread out since she was eating but normally she scrunches to the size of last picture. And the plan is to put this enclosure inside the new glass one open it and let her go or push her a little. But I know how fast she is and I cannot afford having her on my room. I already caught P. Reduncus with my hand multiple times because he didn't know what is going on.
 

Tarantula Trooper

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I do not mind long answers and I do not understand most of the names and specifications you put up since I live in Europe but I will leave her there a little more. She already molted 2 times here so maybe she can stay 2 more times? I just don't want her to get stuck because of lack of space. And 20x30x40 seems like a big upgrade so I will wait till she is much bigger for that. She is elusive as it is I caught her spread out since she was eating but normally she scrunches to the size of last picture. And the plan is to put this enclosure inside the new glass one open it and let her go or push her a little. But I know how fast she is and I cannot afford having her on my room. I already caught P. Reduncus with my hand multiple times because he didn't know what is going on.
If it helps, fossorial means they live underground, arboreals live in trees, and terrestrial means they set out on top the ground. If those are terms you are familiar with my apologies! Your plan for the rehouse sounds good. That particular species is known for their speed anyways.Lol. You actually round up your P. Runduncus with your hand?? Psalmopeous can get a pretty bad attitude at times. My Ecclesiasticus would nail you in a heartbeat if tried touching her. My Emeraldus though mostly just runs...lol
 

CyanideOwl

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If it helps, fossorial means they live underground, arboreals live in trees, and terrestrial means they set out on top the ground. If those are terms you are familiar with my apologies! Your plan for the rehouse sounds good. That particular species is known for their speed anyways.Lol. You actually round up your P. Runduncus with your hand?? Psalmopeous can get a pretty bad attitude at times. My Ecclesiasticus would nail you in a heartbeat if tried touching her. My Emeraldus though mostly just runs...lol
By names and specifications I meant the names of terrariums I am not acquainted with them since I am on the other side of the globe and my brain can't properly calculate inches and imagine how big a certain terrarium would be. :D
Yeah my P. reduncus that I am growing for someone decided to go for a walk when I tried to rehouse him. And the catch cups just didn't work. So I swooped him in my hand like any other spider. I am glad he didn't bite but he is still quite a baby. He should be around L6 or 7 maybe. Most of my spiders just run as well... But not my baby gurl Albopilosus. She is very food driven but once on hand she just sits there. Don't play with her tho, no matter how full she will eat haha. She took that trait from my Geniculata.
 

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