G. pulchripes sling. It's maybe about an inch. This is it's second meal this month, so I'm thrilled. It usually isn't willing to eat more than once a month, made very clear by it's normal habit of closing off it's burrow the day after being fed until weeks later when it decides it's hungry again.
I have noticed this behavior with some slings as well, a good trick is to leave a pre killed prey item at the mouth of the burrow. If they're hungry the prey always disappears, if not then the blocked off entrance may mean a molt is near. Looks a little dry in there, B.vagans should still be kept with some moisture as slings, the larger they get the less you need to worry about moisture.
@Nightstalker47 I'll think about trying that. I have put live pinhead roaches in there before despite the burrow being fully blocked off, just to see if it would coax the little guy into coming out, but to no avail. When I first got it, I fed it every few days, and honestly I think it's still running on some reserves from that, despite molting twice since then. And as for the dryness, I did actually moisten the substrate just after taking that picture, so it should be good in that regard. Thanks for pointing that out though
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