curious about people and their arboreals

[Adam Smith]

I have 2 juvenile P Cambridgei (that are growing incredibly fast) and keep them both in large coffee jars. Although they look attractive with plastic plants buried in substrate however I have noticed at the very bottom, in both their jars there is a small amount of mould growing, not sure what the mould is growing and am finding it very on how to remove the mouldy bt of soil. 1) they are very fast and 2) at least one of them built a large web that is just under the lid jar which makes maintenace difficult.

How do people who keep their arboreals in large coffee jars or sweet jars get them out to clean the jars. I found it a hell of a combat to coax the spiders into a small tub from their old tubs into the jars they are in and since then have nearly doubled in size. Any advice on methods in the mentioned areas are appreciated. I will most likely place them in pet pals as all the other.

[Dave Gunter]

I've only got the one fair sized arborial at the mo, the avic. avic. and she(?) got a nice big hexagonal aquarium to herself that she'll never outgrow, plenty of space to check where she is and what she's doing then just whip the whole top off.

[Adam Smith]

Theres plenty of space for the P Cambridgei at the moment in their large coffee jars its just a bit awkward to clean out the bit of mould at the bottom and trying to use a suitable container to put the spider in while cleaning it out as the space I have to coax it from its web mat to the tub.

[cliff]

Sounds like you need to increase the ventilation in your enclosure. Easily done if they are plastic, if they are glass then maybe decrease moisture a little.

Cliff

[sarah Smith]

Get long tweezers from Lee at the spider shop you can get them in many lengths to reach into any tank, then all you have to do is get the mould out with the tweezers. Oh and make sure you have something ready to catch the spider in just in case it bolts. Most of the time though they wont bolt and will just sit there unless you get really close or touch them with the tweezers. I have seen them at the spider shop ranging in length from 12 inches to 24inches at reasonable prices.

[James Metcalf]

yhe that is a good idea but have you tried using the coffe jar upside down that way you can remove the bottom which is where the substrate will be and you wont disturb the t's webbing

[Adam Smith]

That would defeat the purpose of getting rid of the mould as there will be more mould cos there will be no ventilation at all with the lid and have it upside down given that it is a glass jar. I would have done this with a plastic sweet jar but glass coffee jar wont work. Its no porb now though cos I quickly tipped it upside down so that the mouldy bit of substrate would stick to the web and have removed it and a freshly moulted Cambridgei