Sling and juvenile enclosures?

[Ian Hall]

I'm wanting to know if there's any supply stores or and websites that sell this type of enclosure in the UK?

I know it's a simple stationary/display box made into an enclosure. Thats what I'm after UK keepers please help?

[lynn mawdesley]

Hi Ian,

Cant say i have as yet! i tend to buy my enclosures being cereal containers (or tall sweet jars from my local shop for free i may add) for my aboreals and general storage containers for terrestrials from the good ole pound shops or wilko's lol ...cant beat em IMO

If you are wanting them to look like that and have the time you could custom make your own with perspex (or even glass) and silicone (none toxic) just depends how you wish your T's to be displayed?

Hope you find what your looking for ...oooo and your not too far from us! we are in Northallerton

Lynn

[lynn mawdesley]

oooo just realised doh title said sling/juv not sure of your collection so hence if it was for aboreals wilko's do some small tall circular tubs for 99p bargain

[Barry K Holleway]

I dont know if these will be big enough but theres some on this site. I like these kind, they look neat when theyre together and easier to keep together. It has some good ones for slings. 7.5 x 7.5 x 7.5cm. Its a site for butterfly collecting. http://www.wwb.co.uk/shop/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=plastic

These ones are not too bad either, wee bit bigger.http://www.littlegemsrockshop.co.uk/...tic-Boxes.html

If your lookin for bigger still, I like this site but theyre dearer and some of the containers you'll need to make your own lid. http://www.displaysense.co.uk/Perspe...nd-Dispensers/

[Nicola Dolby]

If you go into your local Wilkinsons/Instore You can pick up small pots about 5cm x 5cm x 7cm high. These are ideal for slings up to 3cm long. Then, as they should be big enough to catch and eat size 1 crickets (check this first) I'd move them straight into 5L cereal containers. Because of their size this not only gives them burrowing depth but the space to do the other thing they love, hunt. If they're arborials you might want something intermediatary until they are about 7-8cm in length. There is a place in Ruston, Northants called Custom Aquaria who can build you anything to specification (phone number on the internet) but they don't deliver as far as I'm aware. You could also go and look up the range of tanks Clear Seal do. These are what I use for my adults. For large arborial colonies (like Poecilotheria) I recommend the big Exo-Terra tanks, 45cm x 45cm x 60cm high. Good luck!!!!

[Ian Hall]

I've been looking and I found this site....

http://www.ukge.co.uk/UK/product.asp?numRecordPosition=7&P_ID=3394

Please keep it coming tho!

[James Box]

criminy, that's a nice find, Ian! they look great for display!

[Ian Hall]

yeah I was amazed when I find it. Wasn't easy tho!

Great value too me thinks.

[Ian Hall]

If you've looked on the site you've prob seen these aswell...

http://www.ukge.co.uk/UK/prodtype.asp?PT_ID=183&strPageHistory=cat

I think they would work best upside down?

[Tony Davidson]

sling and juv enclosures

Get yourself down to the BTS show in May, every year I have made the trip there has been a top stall selling loads and loads of glass tanks of all different shapes and sizes and a very well priced.
But the best part is that you will have a top day meeting loads of great people and 1000's of tarantula's
Tony

[Stuart Common]

I'll be posting up in a few weeks when I start producing acrylic tanks, PM me your email address and I can email you details when I do

[Ian Hall]

I was walking through my local superstore and stumbled along these two little items.





Very far price too if you ask me.



So what I've done is warmed the containers up in hot water (To stop the plastic cracking) and using a 20mm pin nail and punctured air holes in the walls and roof of the containers.



So I think these will make great sling enclosures.

What does everyone else think?

[lynn mawdesley]

Spot on dude! cant beat cheap containers for T's