It’s a 1/2 inch sling, very small thing. It’s mouth is so close to the ground that it always looks close.
Does it have a moist corner or something? You could try a couple drops of water in front of it and see if it's interested in that.. My B. boehmei has been burried for about 5 weeks now, and whenever I peel the tape back to make sure it's alive, it's already sitting like that and kicking hairs at me.
Well, my quite limited experience points to it's just being weird, but I'm only just starting raising slings myself, so hopefully you'll get some more input, but I wouldn't worry...
No need to "spray" anything. Keep a. Water bowl and a moist corner, make sure some moisture gets the bottom layer of substrate.
I read they don’t need water bowls and that they get it through their feet that small
Did you get that from a care sheet?
yes, the care sheet swift inverts sent. I have an arrowhead in there that holds water droplets on top of it, i’m sure that’s enough. especially if they also get it through their feet. I like that lego idea though, pretty smart. I have a water bottle lid with paper towel in it for my nicaraguan curly hair.
People also thought that tarantulas could spin silk from their feet. They can't.
Nope, they get most of their hydration through their food so you don't really need to provide water dishes until they hit 2" IME, there's no need to spray (it does little more than annoy the tarantula and kick up any previously discarded urticating setae which is not fun if you keep Lasiodora/Theraphosa), just pipette a small amount of water directly into the substrate and repeat when it dries out, I also keep a damp clump of moss in my sling enclosures to double as a hide with a starter burrow underneath.
Providing a water bowl is important - but many don’t drink from a dish but droplets on cage furniture.
Since i’ve put water bottle caps in, i’ve caught them all drinking. appreciate the advice.