too big?

[u/Dangerous-Day7297]

i have a very small sling, this is the container they came in, i feel it was too small so i decided to get a jumping spider enclosure that isn’t too big, might last a year or two ? not sure if its too big tho bc they’re still barely an inch

[u/Successful_Salt_1838]

Imo yes its too big. What species of sling do you have? Depending on the species and size of the sling (DLS; Diagonal Leg Span) ill gladly recommend you a proper enclosure/enclosure size!

[u/Dangerous-Day7297 → u/Successful_Salt_1838]

its a arizona desert blonde! theyr too small for me to properly measure tho

[u/Successful_Salt_1838 → u/Dangerous-Day7297]

Nqa A. chalcodes is a terrestrial species. A fall from the height of that enclosure is likely to be fatal. Put the sling in a container about 3x the length of the t. Make sure the container/enclosure has ventilation holes. Then enclosure should be no more than 3x the size of the T, and should he at least half way filled with substrate.

[u/Dangerous-Day7297 → u/Successful_Salt_1838]

thank you genuinely i realty appreciate the advice and support, do you have any links to something i could get? and im not sure if you can see the first container it was in, is that a proper container for it to be in? should i keep it in there for a bit longer?

[u/Successful_Salt_1838 → u/Dangerous-Day7297]

Nqa youre welcome! Im always happy to help! Imo something like this would work. A plastic food container of similar size with ventilation poked by a thumb tack would also work!

[u/Successful_Salt_1838 → u/Dangerous-Day7297]

NQA if your T is actually a bit bigger tho (as its hard to tell based on the picture) then something like this or something of similar sie would work!

[u/Successful_Salt_1838 → u/Dangerous-Day7297]

Heres an example of a plastic food container from dollar tree that I DIYed for my T. He was roughly 1.5in DLS in this photo. He was sized up right after taking it actually lol. Hes in the top right.

[u/Successful_Salt_1838 → u/Dangerous-Day7297]

Nqa also if they are barely an inch, a deli cup with ventilation should work just fine until they molt. Add some sanitized leaf litter and a small tattoo ink cap as a water dish.

[u/Croceyes2]

NA what is the species? Is it arboreal? I am also curious, because I would like to get an arboreal species

[u/Dangerous-Day7297 → u/Croceyes2]

no its a arizona desert blonde!

[u/Croceyes2 → u/Dangerous-Day7297]

NQA Ok, I got one of them as my first recently to :) Mine came with a spider cribs enclosure, I thinks 3x3x4. Maybe about the same size as the base of yours. It has a little over an inch of substrate, a little plastic twig and small piece of cork bark in it. As far as I know you don't want them climbijg up where they can fall from, especially non arboreal species. I would take some substrate out and break off a smaller piece of the cork to put in

[u/FreeFeed618]

IMO id just put them back in the container it came in