water dish for GBB sling?

[cruelcircuitry]

i have a little GBB sling i’m setting up a new enclosure for. i know they need a dry enclosure, but is a little water dish still a good idea? i have a few small ink caps i could use.

 

[Enn49]

All tarantulas need water. If your container is large enough a milk bottle top works well but if there isn't enough room then trickle a small amount of water down the side every 2-3 days

 

[cruelcircuitry]

All tarantulas need water. If your container is large enough a milk bottle top works well but if there isn't enough room then trickle a small amount of water down the side every 2-3 days

absolutely, i have been dripping it down the side. the milk bottle cap is a good idea too!!

 

[Jeef]

I have people give me their water bottle caps (like a Dasani or Fiji) for my smaller enclosures. I see my C. cyaneopubescens use its water dish all the time. More than any of the other tarantulas I have. Any bottle with a plastic cap gets eyed by me for potential as a water dish.

As an aside, I hate bottled water as a concept but ended up buying a bottle of Fiji water for the express purpose of using the bottle for rehousing tarantulas. It is a square bottle, so it fits nicely into the corners of square enclosures. I used to think Tom Moran just randomly used the Simply Lime bottle he has in a lot of his videos. Nope! Square bottles are useful! Plus owning exotics will sometimes make you do some weird stuff.

 

[WolfieKate]

I did get some micro bowls from a seller, but my tiniest sling is a chilean flame and I cut the bottom off a covid test dip tube and gave it a good clean. It seems to like it. My smallest bowl…

 

[Ratmosphere]

I use "Sparkling Ice" bottle caps since they have a nice depth to em'. You can get bottles at Walmart for cheap.

 

[Cnidarianfarmer]

I use these little travel size pill containers for medium enclosures, I use legos and centrifuge vials sometimes for small sling setups or I just make sure to drip some water on their webs before bedtime