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[harliquinnraver]

Hey all. I keep meaning to make an introductory post here and then I keep forgetting to do so

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[box_of_sorrows]

Nice! I've got a little C ritae too, it's a real escape artist at the least chance and goes off like a little rocket around the table! Stunner of a little spider though :-)

[harliquinnraver]

thats so funny! mine tends to scurry away from the lid, down toward the ground when i open his/her vial. its got quite an impressive web though.

[box_of_sorrows]

Mines built a crazy web fortress, pull up substrate from all around the edges of the sling pot to make a little mountain then webbed all around it, upto and including the lid! It tends to sit right at the top so whenever I try to open up it's out and away again!! :-D

[harliquinnraver]

how do you get control of such a fast tiny little delicate thing once they escape? XD

[kynekh_amagire]

Worth mentioning -- in addition to all of the basic "keep 'em clean, moist and in small containers" stuff -- is that all of the slings I've had have been happy to scavenge. You can disable small prey items for them, or divide an adult/subadult food insect among several slings, if you're worried about live crickets or roach nymphs or whatever being too much for a wee tender spider.

[iguanasrevenge]

I've never seen a C. Ritae before. Gonna look them up.

I've had a A. Versicolor sling... it did the versicolor sudden death thing.

I've got a G. Pulchripes sling right now, it's quite a curious bugger.

Warm, moist, and fed is about all they need.

[demidoll]

Just joined the group, but now I'm curious (if any of you are still in the group after a year and a half). What exactly is the "Versicolor sudden death thing"?

[harliquinnraver]

I'm afraid I couldn't tell you exactly what it is. I've heard that versicolors are prone to just up and dying sometimes. Several people have told me that even when they have *perfect* conditions, their versicolor slings just croaked for seemingly no reason.