Can a Tarantula die if their burrow collapses while they molt?

[Peya]

Hey everyone!

This is my first post on this forum, I am a beginner at tarantula keeping, and I ask myself many questions but mostly hear "just let the T do it's own thing." My current T Tliltocatl albopilosus has been burrowed for around a week. It stopped taking food around 2 days ago and I haven't thought much of it, I assume it may be in premolt given I have fed it quite a bit and it is only a sling. I am afraid of what happens if its burrow collapses while it is molting. I don't want to dig it out and risk its health, or stress it out in anyway. I lightly mist its enclosure and have a small water dish on the surface for it, small enough so it won't drown in it.

 

[ConstantSorrow]

This question confuses me. Why would the burrow collapse? Did something happen to the enclosure?
Burrows don't just......collapse for no reason.

 

[testdasi]

Hey everyone!

This is my first post on this forum, I am a beginner at tarantula keeping, and I ask myself many questions but mostly hear "just let the T do it's own thing." My current T Tliltocatl albopilosus has been burrowed for around a week. It stopped taking food around 2 days ago and I haven't thought much of it, I assume it may be in premolt given I have fed it quite a bit and it is only a sling. I am afraid of what happens if its burrow collapses while it is molting. I don't want to dig it out and risk its health, or stress it out in anyway. I lightly mist its enclosure and have a small water dish on the surface for it, small enough so it won't drown in it.

Don't remember specifics with T. albo but I remember all the burrows I have dug out from rehousing always have had a kind of web structure to them. So I would assume it would take a lot of effort to collapse the burrow.

Did you do something that causes you to be concern that the burrow has collapsed? Or just worry in general?

A picture or two may also help us see if there's any problem.

 

[jrh3]

I wouldn’t worry about it, mine always webs inside the burrow.

Tarantulas are pretty good building their house.

Some slings will stay in there for a long time thats why I always try to make them a starter burrow near the edge of the enclosure so you can see whats going on if needed.

 

[viper69]

Hey everyone!

This is my first post on this forum, I am a beginner at tarantula keeping, and I ask myself many questions but mostly hear "just let the T do it's own thing." My current T Tliltocatl albopilosus has been burrowed for around a week. It stopped taking food around 2 days ago and I haven't thought much of it, I assume it may be in premolt given I have fed it quite a bit and it is only a sling. I am afraid of what happens if its burrow collapses while it is molting. I don't want to dig it out and risk its health, or stress it out in anyway. I lightly mist its enclosure and have a small water dish on the surface for it, small enough so it won't drown in it.

It is unlikely for a T to die, there are exceptions to many things.

 

[moricollins]

The answer to "can it just the tarantula if its burrow collapses?" is yes. But burrows don't collapse on their own...

Digging up the tarantula is probably 10x more dangerous than leaving it be, and letting it do its thing in the burrow it has made

 

[Smotzer]

I think it would be rare for anything like that to happen just randomly, they are pretty good at making their burrows.

 

[Peya]

Okay, thank you everyone for the replies. I didn't do anything that would make the burrow collapse, I was just curious on if it would collapse I didn't know Tarantulas web their burrows to make it more sturdy. I'll use this information to worry less. Thanks again.