Smaller spiders wont just break through wire mesh, I would worry about the material more.

Also I would worry about using the elastic bands.
Just makes one worry that it is not secure enough.

I use to use the same jars, but I used the canning lids.
Pictures attached. Found them on the world wide web, searched canning jar, images.






I drill holes in the middle or I remove the centre piece cut a circle out of a ice cream container and make holes in the plastic and insert into lid.
I still have a "jar container" packed away in one of my many boxes, will try find it and take pictures for you.
The lids aren't to expensive, I think they were being sold at Miika for R7.50? and a bottle with a lid was R20? something.
You could get the lid and still use the mesh, just stick it on the inside of the lid, then your container seals properly and there is not a chance for something to go wrong.

cascade wrote: Smaller spiders wont just break through wire mesh, I would worry about the material more.

Also I would worry about using the elastic bands.
Just makes one worry that it is not secure enough.

I use to use the same jars, but I used the canning lids.
Pictures attached. Found them on the world wide web, searched canning jar, images.

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I drill holes in the middle or I remove the centre piece cut a circle out of a ice cream container and make holes in the plastic and insert into lid.
I still have a "jar container" packed away in one of my many boxes, will try find it and take pictures for you.
The lids aren't to expensive, I think they were being sold at Miika for R7.50? and a bottle with a lid was R20? something.
You could get the lid and still use the mesh, just stick it on the inside of the lid, then your container seals properly and there is not a chance for something to go wrong.

Wow that's a brilliant idea. Think I might have one it the kitchen some where. Will give it a bash. Thank you so much cascade.





Ons a sad note. My H.Incei lifted the lid of her glass enclosure and escaped. Sad sad day. I will have to secure my enclosures a lot better now.

Oh crap

For my slings I use glass jars I buy at the plastic shop.



This one I found for about R6




These are about R8 but I seem to like the round jars more.



These plastic tubs are about 100 x 100 at the top so quite a bit bigger than the jars and also about R8

Neitzchie wrote: Oh crap

For my slings I use glass jars I buy at the plastic shop.

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This one I found for about R6

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These are about R8 but I seem to like the round jars more.

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These plastic tubs are about 100 x 100 at the top so quite a bit bigger than the jars and also about R8

That's a bargain. Any chance you could share the location of this shop. Would love to go have a look over the weekend.

With this escape I need to double up on my security. Don't want this to happen again!

Some good news, my smaller N. Chromatus molted. i suspect that this is a female as it is growing very slowly.





my little P. Cancerides also molted and was time to move him to a new home.

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Also noticed that my big N. Chromatus is a lot more active during the day. i believe it molted but cannot find the molt. :spider:

Klippie wrote:
That's a bargain. Any chance you could share the location of this shop. Would love to go have a look over the weekend.

With this escape I need to double up on my security. Don't want this to happen again!

I got the hexagonal jars from is a plastic shop at the Checkers Hyper in Edenvale and the others I got from a brand new plastic shop at Park Meadows shopping centre, across the road from Eastgate.