New home for A.chacoana with 21st century extras

[Rich.Harrington]

So I finally got around to making the first of my new style of enclosures.

Aiming for a semi natural enviroment, so size is always an issue. This one for instance is 22x17x14", so fairly large by some standard, but in my mind only just adequate.

Just a couple of shots of the outside to start with.

[Rich.Harrington]

Now the bit I'm most happy with, no longer do I need to clang about to try and get a picture of some scared to death spider invading it's enclosure. Mainly as this new breed of viv has built in SPIDERCAM. Not only does it let me take snapshots from a different room entirely, but also allows me take videos of both day and night (infrared). With the added bonus of having motion capture, so I can leave things running all day/night and not have hours and hours of editing to sift through.


Theraphosids just got a kick into the 21st century.

[Andrew Ferguson]

Wow, Rich that looks brilliant. Did you make it yourself or did you buy it? If so, do you have a link as to where we could buy one?

[Rich.Harrington]

Wow, Rich that looks brilliant. Did you make it yourself or did you buy it? If so, do you have a link as to where we could buy one?

Don't have a link sorry as it was entirely custom built.

[Andrew Ferguson]

Well I take my hat off to you Rich. You've done a stirling job. I can only just about make a sandwich!!

[matthew spooner]

and to think some people see keeping Ts as pets is cruel, i wouldnt mind living the like that, the life of luxury. well done rich. how much does it cost roughly to build a set up like that?

[Rich.Harrington]

not exactly cheap, as it involves 6mm glass, along with 12mm woodchip. Then the interior bits too. Total cost including decor, and camera is about 50-60.