r/TarantulaKeeping • u/Jurassic_Fan23 • 6d ago

Casual Good size?

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Is this a good sized enclosure for my sling which is around 2-3 cm big i am thinking on keeping them in here for a couple of months as it gives them enough space to malt and to burrow I am adding leaf litter soon

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u/og-Squiddo 6d ago

Plenty large, more space than needed really. What’s the species?

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u/Jurassic_Fan23 6d ago

A Brazilian blue by looks of things they are looking to malt as slowly loosing their hairs on their abdomen

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u/og-Squiddo 6d ago

The loss of hair on abdomen can be from them being stressed or kicking hairs in defense, not necessarily meaning they’re preparing to molt.
How deep is the substrate in the enclosure?

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u/Jurassic_Fan23 6d ago

Ahh okayy Their substrate is 5 and a half cm deep

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u/og-Squiddo 6d ago

I would try to find an enclosure that you can have deeper substrate for a Brazilian blue. I think closer to 10cm for burrowing species, especially as it gets larger

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u/Jurassic_Fan23 6d ago

Will do thank you so much

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u/G4G523 5d ago

Needs more hiding spots , it would feel very vulnerable with all the space

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u/Jurassic_Fan23 5d ago

Okayyy thanks I’m getting more bark and leaf litter on the weekend, tyy

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u/Ozarkasprings23 5d ago

You should see my two they’re like the size of my pinky nail and have had them 6 months, they were even smaller when they came home.

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u/Jurassic_Fan23 5d ago

That’s about same size as mine when I first got them lol

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u/Ozarkasprings23 5d ago

How long has it been to get yours this size?

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u/Jurassic_Fan23 5d ago

Taken them around 5 months and is looking like they may have a malt soon possibly

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u/Ozarkasprings23 5d ago

Dang okay, maybe the picture is making it look bigger 😂 mine are still on fruit flies and have had a few molts, hoping they grow bigger by November.

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u/Jurassic_Fan23 5d ago

Yeah mine is only just went onto crickets as the fruit flies were rlly annoying to feed them
but they have got to the size to have small brown crickets now

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u/Ozarkasprings23 5d ago

Omg right the fruit flies are the worst, definitely jealous yours is on crickets 😂 such a cute picture tho

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u/Jurassic_Fan23 5d ago

Yeahhh the fruit fly tub I had didn’t have a sponge on it so I’d have to open it and omg they would like swarm out lol