So, a valuable lesson has been learnt in spider escapology!
I came home last night to find the little tarantula outside of the sling pot but inside the terrarium.
In order to reduce some humidity in the spiderling pot, I had left the cap of the feeding vial open a few millimeters. Big mistake! Learn from my error and NEVER give a spiderling a gap bigger than the pinhead holes in the pot lid!
Despite the end of the feeding vial being off the ground and away from the pot wall, with a minute gap to escape from - she did! Thank goodness for the extra enclosure around the sling pot which retained her.
I was able to catch her and return her with a minimum of fuss. Perhaps I'll name her Houdini.
All's well that ends well I guess, I'll see if she's up for a feeding tonight after her adventure.
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