The best purchase of my life !!!

Just thought since I'm so happy to have my spider ball and my enclosure that i somewhat modified I would share so pics !!

The tank with blacked out sides and heat pad.
http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/s...10115-0007.jpg


Top of tank with heat light and closed top for heat loss and humidity I have found it really helped.
http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/s...10117-0111.jpg

The whole enclosure.
http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/s...10117-0112.jpg

And last but not least my biggest piece of pride lol:banana:
http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/s...10116-1920.jpg

Thanks for viewing I hope what I have or set up is right and my spider ball will be a happy camper!!

Congrats :)

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Originally Posted by llovelace

Congrats :)

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Thank you I hope he does not bite me lol I have never been bitten and the breeder I got him from did not handle it so i guess its going to take a little while for him to feel comfortable as when I handle him now he is very jumpy and curls up ....i guess in time he will loosen up ..:) I hope !!

You should let him settle in for a week or two before you start handling him! I would cover 2/3 of the top with plastic or foil to keep the humidity in. I would get rid of the pot and get another reptile cave. I think they look much nicer but that is just a personal choice! Your setup looks good to me and he will get less jumpy after you handle him more! Nice little Spider! I love Spiders! That was my first morph! Congrats!

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Originally Posted by seeya205

You should let him settle in for a week or two before you start handling him! I would cover 2/3 of the top with plastic or foil to keep the humidity in. I would get rid of the pot and get another reptile cave. I think they look much nicer but that is just a personal choice! Your setup looks good to me and he will get less jumpy after you handle him more! Nice little Spider! I love Spiders! That was my first morph! Congrats!

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Funny that you say that about the flower pot as the hide I know it looks pretty darn ugly but actually the breeder recommended that for me as what you do is set the rim of the pot right on the bottom of the tank with the substrate inside this way the snake cant move the substrate to the side and make his way down to the glass and get burned by any chance .....I just followed what he told me as im still learning stuff here and there about BP's ....I guess in time I will figure out my own ways just like I have with my other reptiles lol....And if you notice in the pic above you will see I have the top covered except were the lamp is of course ...its black bristol board with a few layers of tin foil underneath I used the black bristol board to make it look alittle bit better on the outside .....thanks for the compliment its good too hear everything is looking good !!

the light can sometimes make it hard to keep humidity levels up, as for the hide honestly a cardboard box works just fine, btw nice looking spider

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Originally Posted by luna13

the light can sometimes make it hard to keep humidity levels up, as for the hide honestly a cardboard box works just fine, btw nice looking spider

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Thanks he is awsome ....As for the humidity I got a few different types of lizards that need 2 daily mistings so in terms of having to give a quick mist to the BP's enclosure whenever its lacking humidity that wont bug me ....But actually right the tank has been set up for about 4 days and its at a constant 60% humidity hopefully it keeps up

thanks again

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Originally Posted by willgti

Thanks he is awsome ....As for the humidity I got a few different types of lizards that need 2 daily mistings so in terms of having to give a quick mist to the BP's enclosure whenever its lacking humidity that wont bug me ....But actually right the tank has been set up for about 4 days and its at a constant 60% humidity hopefully it keeps up

thanks again

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perfect

Spider was one of my first bp morph too! :) Im sure your lil fella's enjoyin your tank setup :gj:

What did you cover the top with? It looks nice and neat...