Sling care / sling pot edition

[@MOONOVERMIAMI]

Hello everyone can't wait to see the video everyone and Scott

[@ScottsInverts]

Hey Moon nice one

[@amazingarachnids1768]

Really excited for this one.

[@ScottsInverts]

Thank you 🙏

[@strawberrypatchtarantulas4657]

Fabulous, thank you so much for doing this, looking forward to seeing this one

[@ScottsInverts]

Most welcome

[@dylanjones4348]

great video scott,i buy all mine as slings now,and youre right there is nothing more satisfying than wathching them grow

[@ScottsInverts]

It’s such a nice feeli when one matures that you have had from a tiny sling

[@ImCheddarbeard]

Just unboxed my first T and realised just how small this little thing was, and that whilst I knew what I was doing with an adult, I still had questions about slings. This video answered all of them (how to water, getting fruit flies into a small container). Cheers, guy!

[@ScottsInverts]

More then welcome glad it helped

[@jgscatsandthings5208]

So cool. I guess we have our ways of raising them. I always find it interesting, and see what works for some, and not for others. Anyway cool footage, Scott 👍

[@ScottsInverts]

Cheers Jackie, yeah this method works really well , I’d be intrested to see others variations on it

[@StoicriderX]

Nice video, it’s like getting advice from a mate, subbed you buddy

[@ScottsInverts]

Thank you

[@strawberrypatchtarantulas4657]

Great tip for the fruit flies. We were using cricket legs for ours, but will get some fruit flies to try. Do the slings easily catch the flies? Also didn't realise they would eat springtails. Do the springtails just stay alive if not eaten and are the fine to be left in there? We seem to have a varying size of slings, some will eat small live crickets, and some prefer them dead. How long do fruit flies last for as only have a few that would require them?

[@ScottsInverts]

Flies last up to week the culture can last 3-4 weeks sometimes longer, it’s a natural feeding response with live fruit flies so they get caught it’s cool to watch a tiny sling take a fruit fly down.

[@johannoren2787]

Fantastic video Scott, one of your best videos so far, great great stuff, informal and interesting, for me it was really helpful, thanks man!

[@ScottsInverts]

Glad you enjoyed it , thank you for positive feedback back

[@Spiderdan-59]

Perfect video for me scott, ive got a few slings just now and waiting for 3 more to arrive, looks like ive done the right thing with mine now 👍💯

[@ScottsInverts]

Glad your getting bk in to this hobby with a bang

[@theresasantos3101]

Thank you!

[@ScottsInverts]

Your welcome

[@IncredibleInvertsOtherAnimals]

Great video scott with great info and tips MOIST!!!

[@ScottsInverts]

Cheers Phill Moist back at ya lol

[@TarantulaRookie]

Love the enthusiasm of your videos. Always nice to see people bursting with happiness for their hobby. Only have 2 slings in sling pots at the moment, both D. pentaloris. I then have the rest in the small 180ml round tamperproof tubs. I just find keeping the substrate in the right way easier in those tubs. Can’t wait til part 2 👍🏼 Laughed when you avoided feeding the OBT as “you know what will happen” 😂😂

[@TarantulaRookie]

Oh also - fruit flies. I found 5 minutes in the fridge, pretty much slows them so they can be tipped into tubs and pots without being too mobile works well.

[@ScottsInverts]

Only have 2 atm lol that number will increase lol, a few people said the fridge for 5 or 10mins, the reasons I don’t is because there not cold in the wild and the flies movement is more dramatic while warm and could cause the spider to more readily take the fly

[@TarantulaRookie]

@@ScottsInverts yep i agree. what ive found though is when i use the fridge - they slow the flies for a couple of minutes then they are back to normal speed, so it just gives me a chance to move them from pot to pot before they go manic :)

[@ScottsInverts]

That is something I didt think about nice one

[@happyantuk1995]

Great video and tips with fruit flies there. 👍🏻😀🐜🇬🇧

[@ScottsInverts]

Cheers Callum

[@amyfrayn-elliott9575]

Raising baby T's and getting grandspideys from them is the dream😁

[@ScottsInverts]

I've got eggs with legs from exactly that, hopefully they will molt to slings

[@amyfrayn-elliott9575]

@@ScottsInverts awesome!😁what a journey haha 😅

[@michaeltaylor2449]

AWESOME video mate I noticed you managed to squeeze the FAMOUS MOIST word in a few times lol AWESOME keep them cool videos coming

[@ScottsInverts]

Hahaha you moist started on one of our lives months back, so a little nod to all those who join the lives here bro

[@michaeltaylor2449]

@@ScottsInverts AWESOME

[@candyscott489]

Scott !! I’m in a bit of trouble !! Help I just got a 2 & 1/2 in female golden blue leg baboon with a sling of the same species. I really don’t want to do fruit flies for just one sling. It’s really small. Will it scavenger feed parts of a dead cricket ?? Or do I have to do fruit flies. I’ve never took care of a sling. I’m guessing it’s like a OBT sling ?? Thank You Candy I’d like to try to do it, but I could give it away.

[@ScottsInverts]

They will scavenge, you could also try freshly hatched redrunners, or tiny maggots

[@whatsthetemma1308]

hi all, I love the fact you don't assume everyone knows the basics.

[@ScottsInverts]

Thank you Emma, we can’t assume anything tbh

[@darrensmith4978]

I'm new to ts how moist for substrate? My last t died as too wet I think. Also is a 10cm high pot ok for 2cm arboreal like amazon sapphire?

[@ScottsInverts]

That pot is fine and it depends on where the sp of spider is from, for eg. If a spider is from a part of africa that it dry all year then we need to reflect that with our care, but If it's from a rain forest it will be much damper. Slings damp not wet tbf

[@darrensmith4978]

Cheers dude appreciated

[@theresasantos3101]

Hi, what if I can't find the deceased feeder in my sling enclosure? they are so tiny it is often difficult to see them, thank you :)

[@ScottsInverts]

I've waited and as soon as u see white mold that's normality the dead food but If u can find it before then it's much better

[@colinfarrell7457]

Hi Scott, what size cm does the spiderling stay in those size pots?ill be getting slings that are 1cm in size

[@ScottsInverts]

Around 2-4cm

[@colinfarrell7457]

@@ScottsInverts so probably 2 months in the pot?

[@amysweb4815]

Hi sorry I missed the live I was rehousing my brachypelma Hamorii

[@ScottsInverts]

No worries, hope that went well

[@amysweb4815]

@@ScottsInverts little bit of hair kick but relatively smooth

[@ScottsInverts]

@@amysweb4815 good easy one then

[@urbanexoticuk]

I cant keep slings me but interesting to see how different people keep there slings

[@ScottsInverts]

Nice one

[@BMT-Tommo]

Today i revieved my first tarantulas trinidad chevron and brazilian blue the trinidad is 6cm which shocked me at first he tried to escape bruhh and the blue is 1cm so tiny i was so scared to even water it

[@ScottsInverts]

Just take your time bro, you can inbox me on my socials for any help or if your worried about them

[@dakaargamer]

for fruit flies i have a disposable plastic pint drinks cup with the top lined with ptfe insect slip stuff. they cant climb out then.

[@ScottsInverts]

Would love to see a picture of it see how you do it , sounds really promising