Escape Attempt

Our Tarantula escaped it's enclosure overnight.

Which is...not the best of situations to walk into work to first thing in the morning.

As I really really don't like being near the tarantula at all.
Spiders are nice from a distance.
Contained where they can't get out.

So having said spider out and loose.

Not the best.
Not at all.

Thankfully, we keep the tarantulas in a small critter tote (so that customers can take them straight home without having to urge the spider into a different container) within a cage on the floor.

So while this tarantula had escaped the critter tote, it hadn't escaped the main cage itself.
And thankfully it was still on the outside of the critter tote.

So it was a matter of grabbing a new critter tote, pulling the old one out and with tongs, gently urge the spider into it's new home before quickly putting the lid back on.

How did said spider escape?

Well.
Apparently they're more flexible than I gave them credit for.

As the critter tote that the tarantula was in had been a bit damaged in transport.
Where the corners had chipped that held the lid on.
It wasn't major enough to create a huge hole, and the lid would still clip on.
So I hadn't thought anything of it.

But apparently that small gap between the broken corner and the lid...was enough of a gap for the spider to get out off.

*shakes head*

Hence why I grabbed a brand new undamaged critter tote to put the spider in.
Kinda pointless to put it back in it's old cage if it can escape it after all.

So yah, tarantula is contained! Woot!

Which is far better than my sister store...as I hear that they have one on the loose somewhere. :S :S 

Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi