Help Needed :-)

[paulmaggsy]

Hi all. you may have seen our previous posts on chaco golden knee and chile rose. Well...... we have just bought a Chile Rose Spiderling finally and wanted to ask for advice.

Thanks all for the info on your chile rose. It helped to make the decision for us.

Please see pics below. Is this ok to keep it in this for a while. I wasnt sure if soaked cotton wool was a good idea. This is how we received it. It has a cap from a bottle full of water and good air holes for ventilation. Is this ok.
We bought some substrate but wasnt sure if we should replace the cotton wool.

Also if you look closely to the second picture. There is like a faint patch of a kind of orange stain next to the spider soaked into the cotton wool. Its the same colour of the spider. Is this poop or could this be bad. We had a long car journey home so i wondered if its stress related. All advice welcome. Its so cool tho and already has little hairs.

[matthew spooner]

hi paul, i would change the container the spiderling is in. put the normal substrate in and lose the cotton wool. and the main thing i would say is lose the water dish, dont put water dishes in with slings as they can drown in them, just keep the humidity up an they will be fine without one. hope this helps

[Phil Rea]

Agree entirely with Matthew's comments. Proper substrate, soaked in one corner, and remove the bottle cap

[Kurt Baird]

Agree with the above!

[paulmaggsy]

all sorted now. thanks for advice peeps

[Peter-Armstrong]

Hi there i agree with above but its a bit to big of a pot so i would buy the small or medium spiderling pots from the spider shop heres link

http://www.thespidershop.co.uk/insect/index.php?cPath=36_37_60

[Aaron Knoblich]

Hi!

Why do you mean is the pot too big?
I think it´s perfect. So the little spider can grow up without moving it too often in new pots.
Today I settled some 5mm spiderlings in big salad pots. There they can grow up until they´re big enough to move in their final tank.

Greetings,

Aaron

[Craig Mackay]

Hi!

Why do you mean is the pot too big?
I think it´s perfect. So the little spider can grow up without moving it too often in new pots.
Today I settled some 5mm spiderlings in big salad pots. There they can grow up until they´re big enough to move in their final tank.

Greetings,

Aaron

I find that the bigger the pot the easier it is for dinner to hide and evade the sling.

[Aaron Knoblich]

Hi!

I find that the bigger the pot the easier it is for dinner to hide and evade the sling.

I think this is the only argument, the people have.
And I think it´s not true.
I settled my X. immanis with a length of 2cm in it´s final tank. 80 cm wide 40 cm high and 40 cm deep and there´s no problem with feeding or finding the food.
You only have to know where the spider´s hideout is, so you can put the food in frint of it.
Yesterday I put 2 of my E. cyanognathus with a length about 5 mm in a saladpot with heigth and diameter of 11 cm..

Greetings,

Aaron

[Peter Lacey]

Many people argue over the size of pots, I've done so myself but in reality the important thing is to make sure the sling is feeding. Small pots have the advantage of the feeder insects not getting too far away from the tarantula and the environment can be controlled more easily. Large pots provide plenty of room for the tarantula to grow into but less chance of the insects getting eaten. This might not be a problem if you avoid busy furnishings but when keepers have a lot of slings they tend to go for the small pots for the reasons stated and the amount of space large pots will take up.
I'm currently raising B. vagans in cricket tubs with no issues.
The short of it is, if it works then its correct and we each have different methods to achieve the same aim.

G. rosea come very dry areas of Chili so humidity and wet substrate isn't an issue. As stated above just moisten one part of the substrate and perhaps a little spraying against the side once a week should be fine.
Its worthwhile having a read of this for more information on the G. rosea:

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~schultz/roses.html

[Ian Hall]

These are what I keep my slings in...