Blue Baboon behaviour

[Baby T]

I appreciate people trying to help and I clearly wouldn't have asked for any had I zero care for my tarantula.
15 years on the forum eh, you must really know your stuff

Thanks coleopteraC I'll ask here in future.

 

[octanejunkie]

OP, to the defense of my colleagues here, there are literally 100s of people asking hastily, ill researched questions on the daily with "Ts dying or not eating" that expect magic from a forum

This community cares, cares so much that sometimes is hurts lol but we do care and when we see what appears to be something wrong, it gets proactively addressed, albeit very directly at times, with good intention

All of the seasoned keepers here have had animals for years, along with successes and failures. The need for specificity is paramount. Common names are not accurate. Partial pictures often don't tell the entire story.

I'm sorry your feathers got ruffled, it happens. I'm sure no offence was intended, and while you may feel inclined to "fire back," remember, this is the hand that is feeding you, don't bite it.

Best of luck with your M. balfouri, it's a lovely sp I plan to keep someday (*whispers* communally)

 

[viper69]

WOW. What a helpful response viper69.

It's a monocentropus balfouri. I don't think it's ready to molt yet. It's natural behaviour is to hide/burrow and is a heavy webber. It hasn't buried itself inside the husk so don't worry I haven't been shoving crickets inside there!! Merely dropping them outside the entrance to her web tunnels and they've definitely been eaten.
I just wanted to know if anyone had a useful tip on retrieving its molt once it had done so?... I'd really like to not disturb the house it's made. Also these are quite an aggressive species so would like to keep my fingers intact.
The picture is pretty much the whole set up apart from another smaller hide in the other corner.

Thanks in advance

Right so I get that using non scientific names is unacceptable round here.

Thanks for the response EulersK. Despite how I've clearly come across I do have experience with other Ts, this one is a bit different in behaviour, and I thought this might be the place for advice.
I'd like to now how the set up is entirely wrong if anyone can help with that?

You are quite welcome.

Care sheets written by hobbyists are horrific learning tools???
I do understand completely actually.
Thanks for making me feel welcome everyone

Yes they are, esp for Avics. Why? because they are filled with true and FALSE info. New owners don't know the difference between good/bad info so they end up killing their Ts.

Thank you. I wondered if this might be the case. I've always been told it's best to remove the molt.

It isn't best- whomever told you that is an idiot, it's fine if you do remove them, it's fine if you don't. Ts are very tidy animals. They need VERY LITTLE help from us. Plus, there's no one cleaning their burrows out in the wild. Wonder how they manage without us??

 

[Baby T]

@octanejunkie. Understood and all points taken on board.
I'm sure you guys care, care a lot and believe it or not so do I. I wouldn't be here if I didn't. You guys are clearly the experts which is why I came seeking help.
I wouldn't say my feathers got ruffled, was just slighlty surprised by some of the responses, and as a newcomer retaliated.
Feel like I've got off on the wrong foot with people here so would just like to say I'm not some wreckless keeper, I've had healthy Ts the 4 years I've been keeping them and not one death. Admittedly my balfouri has been more of a challenge and I have not got her set up right. I've had conflicting advice elsewhere as I said, which is the very reason I came here!
All will be put right, new home imminent.
In future I'll be sure to be more specific, use proper names and give more thought to descriptions.
Thank you