here is what i will be housing my L parahybana sling in, is it ok? the spiders going to be 1cm long.


its just a food tub from wilkinsons


ive had to un-airproof the lid naturally lol


and inside, coco fibre and some fake leave to hide under


just need a heat mat ( my house is too cold not to use one) and im done, anything you think i need or should do differently please inform me

cheers

steve

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I have a sling in a very similar box (from tesco). I have a bit of cork bark in too so that if he wants to get off the substrate he can.
The problem I had was that the coco fibre I used was too coarse and the sling kept getting caught on the fibres. I removed any visible fibres first, but ended up replacing the substrate.
See how it goes with yours. If he ends up struggling to move you may have to find a finer substrate.

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Depends on what coco fiber your using. If you use decent stuff you wont have that problem. Looks fine, maybe a small hide may be of use too.

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Looks fine, although you may have some escapee crickets to deal with as they'll easily slip out those holes if you're feeding pin-heads

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Yep looks fine

but i wouldnt use a heat mat with slings unless you place it quite far away from the tub

you not got a tropical fish tank you can put it on top for warmth?

hmm i could do, what do most others use for heating slings, what ideal temp for L parahybana?

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All my spiders are unheated in the reptile/computer room, so it's always fairly warm.

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what temp is the room?

mine never exceeds 20c

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You could get some fine mesh netting and put it over the top with a lekky band, will prevent escaping crix

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I keep all my Ts in the loft room where the computers are, heat always rises so the highest room in the house will always be the warmest. This generates a heat of 70-85 according to day/night winter/summer.

If your readings are correct (don't trust the cheap dials) then you obviously have a cold room but there are ways to improve things.
You could insulate your tubs with polystyrene or more preferable put your sling tub in a large sized glass tank and place a heat mat inside alongside one wall. Now you can put a number of tubs in there and experience a heat gradient from the heat mat. You may wish to insulate some of the walls with polystyrene if you still find the temperatures low.

Hope this helps

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