Ventilation

[Simon Batten]

just a quick question for you about my tank for my T.Blondi I have been keeping him in a sandwich box, for ventilation I cut away a small section of the lid and covered it with fabric net/mesh, now I have heard before about tarantulas chewing through wire mesh so surely this net would be no match for her but seeing as its in the middle of the lid and she would have to be upside down on the lid chewing, you think this will be alright?? heres a couple of pictures

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I would post a pic of the little critter but my digital camera has no zoom so it makes it impossible to get a good quality close up

[Richard Gallon]

Hi Simon,
It'll depend how big your spider is. If it's just a tiddler I'm sure it'll be fine, however if it's large I don't think it'll be too long before the spider tears the mesh away with its fang and makes its escape.

Some people have even found that perforated aluminium mesh can be cut through by tarantula fangs!!

If your spider is settled in a burrow it should be fine, but if it's walking about looking to escape it'll definitely focus in on that mesh.

I prefer to drill numerous 2 mm diameter holes into plastic lids, these give plenty of ventilation without the risk of escape.

Cheers,
Richard

[Simon Batten]

she is about 6 cm at the moment