Yay! So glad that they are both finally up. Awesome job! And you're not kidding about them venturing out. I've had two up my arm already...that never happens to me! I"m so glad that you two got the chance to hang and that we could do this. So much fun!
Thanks Tom! It was a blast. As a sling, my older one actually ran out and was all over me as well! But all was well, obviously. Just chalk it up to adventures in spidering! :-D
I heard moisture for Caribenas is old school and the reason why they often die as slings due to boook lung Fungus ... My two slings were just fine well ventilated and lightly moisted ... The guy I bought them from also had tons of Caribena slings that were not high moisture ... well ventilated and he had no losses ... Wonder why they die ? Too much moisture .... First Spiders I had ... no experience .... no moisture ... no problems ....
Deep Doubts bout U They certainly can do well in dryer enclosures, and I am definitely not advocating keeping them wet, only with some moisture. As you and I both mentioned, ventilation is key, even more so than moisture .
Great video. I totally agree about moisture and slings. I went too far the other way with mine and had tons of ventilation and not enough humidity and paid the price, losing three of my six that way. Now I'm super careful to keep the water dishes full and spray the enclosure and the remaining three slings are doing great. Thanks for making this video.
Thank you :) Finding that moisture/ventilation balance is so important. Honestly though, as touchy as these little guys are, it really may not have been your fault that they passed. Sometimes they just pass, and there’s no obvious explanation. I’m glad you found the video helpful!
My aviculara aviculara sling at 1/2" is my first spider. I have it in a room thats 25C and 60%-70% humidity. The room is primarily my snake room and my sling enclosure is a 4.5" deli cup upside down with another one with the top cut out and the lid on to make the soil layer. I have a bottle cap for drinking. I dont have to do anything on the top since its bottom opening. The sling made a web 4 days after being in the new enclosure and is eating great. I hope it will grow to adult i was primarily trying to get an aviculara caribena versicolor but they didnt have any. I was told that they are extremely hard to keep as slings but i really wanted to try and figured the room is ideal already for thats species. My first enclosure the breeder said to keep it in was similar to yours but half the size and in that room the sling kept circling the vial and looked uncomfortable after 3 days. So i made a new one with massive amount of cross ventilation and since then it circled for 2 days and since settled down. It has always eaten regularly 2 times a week. I hope im doing everything right i did 4 months prior research on multiple youtube vids and a few breeders before buying the spider. I have gotten later on a bracipelma hamorii as a worst case so i at least have a spider and dam it eats ALOT. I accidentally put in 5 crickets and they were all gone in 3 hours!!
Hearing that they're a very delicate species is mighty discouraging. I've done my reading on standard T care beforehand, but when I went to get mine today and came across this variation; I was told they're decent starters. Ack.
Great video! As slings I've always kept them in the drier side and only misting/wetting a section of their web and small portion of the substrate. I always wait for the substrate to dry out and then re-wet it to avoid getting too stuffy inside. I've raised two of these this way in the pill vial kind of enclosure without issues. I also only fed them pre-killed prey until they were about 1.5". I alwayy had issue with live prey ending up at the bottom of the vials or worse, buried dubias.
SirWhiteCrayon that’s great! They certainly can do well in a dryer enclosure, I just prefer to err on the side of caution with the extra moisture. I definitely don’t advocate keeping them saturated or overly wet. Buried dubia are the worst! I’m a big advocate of dead, or very disabled prey for slings, as well :) Thanks so much for watching!
I prefer the drier setup, because the struggle is real to get bolus and poop out of there and I don't want a to contend with a mold situation. In fact there's still a leg from the previous molt in there. lol The struggle is real with the flighty arboreals. Mine is about 2", so it's getting rehouse into a 32oz deli cup after this next molt, where it can grown into juvy stage nicely.
I have a sling myself...I have 2 but one got stuck in its molt sadly :-(. I'm not sure as to why as I had it moist but yea, great video and I love FearNotTarantulas! Its my favorite "major" site to order from. Love the videos. Great info
InverteVision so sorry about your spiderling. It’s so hard when we lose one. Sometimes you can do literally everything perfect, and still lose one. Fear Not is great :) Thanks for watching :)
Thank you very much for appearing on Tom's video.. I want to subscribe to you now so I can learn about sling care. Wow !! you do a awesome care video.. tyvm for producing it.
Hi there :) I've headed over from Toms channel after watching the collab you did with him. This has come at the best time for me as I'm having a Versicolor sling delivered next week and I feel a lot more confident on its care now. So, great video, and a thumbs up and a subscribe from me :)
Thanks so much, Nicki! I’m so glad you found the video helpful. The moisture/ventilation balance is key. Feel free to reach out if you have questions about your new little one! Congratulations on joining the versicolor club! They are such jewels.
Good video Rachael! I keep my C versicolor sling and 12 Avicularia geroldi slings a bit different but the basics are the same. I want to do a care video on them too but I want to wait a bit till they have grown some more, but I have had about 4 succesful molts from the C versicolor and the first one of the 12 A geroldi slings has molted succesful into 2nd instar :D I also have a 1,1 juvinile or sub-adult (not sure when they are what really) Avic Avic that are doing great :D
That’s great, Andrew! There are definitely several ways to successfully keep a species :) That’s an impressive arboreal collection you’ve got! I look forward to your care video.
Yeah that's true and a lot probably has to do with where you live, I guess. I got more arboreal but those Poecilotheria and Psalmopoeus are a lot easier to care for haha
If anyone can help me quickly that’s great.. I have a juvenile pink toe and I had 3 different enclosures for it - I originally got a tub because I didn’t realize it was so small so I put it into a pickle jar with dirt and a piece of wood to climb - and a water dish.. the only thing I’m worried about is it not finding it’s food in a shorter enclosure.. I have a third one which isn’t tall but it’s a bit longer and idk what to do - I want to make sure it’s healthy and I’m fretting too much about it not finding it’s crickets
You should get a microphone and then turn down the introduction music. You're so quiet and I turned the volume all the way up them I was assaulted with EXTREAMLY LOUD MUSIC! That being said thanks for the information it's exactly what I wanted to know.
cabure b hi there! If you look at my newer videos, I think you’ll find the sound editing more to your liking ;-) Glad you found the information helpful!
Great video. I just paired my Lasiodora parahybana with a mature male i got from Deen's Tarantulas on a breeding loan. I'm trying to get my room set up to start doing videos. Now once my CV make a web i spray the web. They will drink from the web.
i know first hand i lost a few slings even though i done every thing right, i gave up and just went for an older one managed to keep it a year then it passed away through a bad moult x
how big should they be as a juve, i've brought one of these from a local shop and they told me he is a juve but when i look at him/her they can't be no bigger than 3/4cm . is this right or have i been sold a sling. plus do they start getting their purple hairs as a juve or is that just as a adult..... as you can tell i'm quite new too owning T's
@@rachaels8-leggedwonders160 thanks for getting back to me, yeah just as I thought it was. That's not a problem it's just nice to know how old he or she is
I really wish someone had told me about how flighty they are as slings when I purchased it. Just got it, love it, and I hope it survives. Scares me sometimes with how fast they are.
@@rachaels8-leggedwonders160 Awesome I appreciate this. It eases my concerns considerably. Right now the substrate is moist with water in a shallow bottle cap for it.