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Rehousing Webster

Webster wasn't really due for a housing upgrade, if I'm entirely honest, but somebody bought me this amazing enclosure from Tarantula Cribs and I had to decide who to put in it. As it is an arboreal enclosure, that meant that the slings in arboreal pots were the only ones it was really suitable for - Lucifer, Asmodeus, or Webster. I am not putting my fingers into the enclosures of Asmodeus or Lucifer for all the Cribs in the world. As such, that left Webster.
The benefits of putting Webster into this enclosure were mainly aesthetic. Firstly, Webster likes to web, so seeing it all webbed up will look awesome. Secondly, as Webster grows he will change colour, going from blue to purple, red and green. These colours would look amazing when backlit against the purple acrylic. And to be fair, his arboreal keeper was pretty boring, although he had made a rather impressive tunnel web in it.
As with most of my recent rehousings, I opted for the natural look again. However, I did want something a little bit different - a spooky enclosure needed spooky decor. 
As mentioned, I also keep cats, and I work as a lab technician in the animal science department at a university. When I saw this replica cat skull aquarium ornament on Amazon, it was perfect. The lower jaw is hinged and detachable, so there is room to play with the layout. However, I opted for a simple placement on the ground.
Webster really didn't want to go in at first, and instead kept running up my arm and threatening to go up my sleeve. Where he had been in the dirt, he left little spider pawprints on my hand, and even I had to admit it was cute. 
With a bit of food though, he was able to be coaxed into the enclosure. He was pretty hungry, having melted recently. Here's hoping he'll be happy in here for a long time. 
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