Crap. Need advice on newbie mistake.

[Itsybitsy2]

Dropped in a cricket for my Hapalopus sp Columbia near its hole and damn cricket went bolting down the hole somehow and the tarantula didn’t get it. Now the damn cricket is in the tarantulas den. Do I just redo the whole enclosure at this point to prevent any harm to my T or will the T take care of it? (T isnt in molt, pre or post molt)

 

[Venom1080]

I'd dig it out if it's a particularly big cricket and crush its head and then out back in.

 

[Itsybitsy2]

I'd dig it out if it's a particularly big cricket and crush its head and then out back in.

Done. Just to be safe.

Thank you!

 

[Chris LXXIX]

It's not rare at all that a Theraphosidae in pre molt (different than a Theraphosidae in the molting process, obviously) eventually kills the 'invader' (without eating that, of course) however.