I was watering my T. albo today and when I overflowed the water dish I accidentally lost control of the bottle and poured out too much water. It quickly wicked down underneath the substrate due to it being very dry and pooled inside her burrow with her in it. She moved up her tunnel away from it, so I figured I would just redo her whole enclosure at this point, but when I tried to get her out and into a catch cup, she went back down and was up on the wall inside the burrow over the water. I didn’t want to stress her further, so I stuck a rolled up paper towel down there and wicked up the standing water. All of the standing water is gone now, but the substrate down there and on in the lower bottom side of her enclosure is very damp.
I would prefer not to rehouse her as she is very shy and getting her out would require me to essentially just destroy her burrow and I don’t want to bury her in dirt while doing so. As soon as I open her enclosure she always retreats down there. Is there any harm in leaving it damp like that and just allowing the substrate to dry on it’s own, or should I go ahead with a rehouse? I am concerned that the elevated humidity will be dangerous for her.
I would prefer not to rehouse her as she is very shy and getting her out would require me to essentially just destroy her burrow and I don’t want to bury her in dirt while doing so. As soon as I open her enclosure she always retreats down there. Is there any harm in leaving it damp like that and just allowing the substrate to dry on it’s own, or should I go ahead with a rehouse? I am concerned that the elevated humidity will be dangerous for her.
