Fossorial Appreciation Thread

[bobbibink]

Who’s built the best burrow?

Frida, my T. vagans who has lived fossorial all her life, worked like a bulldozer to create this burrow. She is the ultimate “pet hole”. 11 years and rarely ever see her.

Post those pet holes!

 

[Liquifin]

Okay, here's one example of my burrow.

 

[bobbibink]

Lovely!

 

[Sterls]

Okay, here's one example of my burrow.

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What species is this?

 

[Liquifin]

What species is this?

Cyriopagopus vonwirthi.

 

[bobbibink]

Aw.....no one else wants to share photos? Too boring? Give your fossorial their day to show off their spidey work!!

 

[DomGom TheFather]

Well, if you're gonna lay the guilt trip down...

Here's a little juvie P. muticus.

And a larger one.

 

[bobbibink]

Well, if you're gonna lay the guilt trip down...

Here's a little juvie P. muticus.

And a larger one.
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nice pics

 

[DomGom TheFather]

nice pics

Thanks. The larger one cleared out most of the bottom so i always get to see her. I'll probably rehouse next molt.
I have an overweight C. marshalli that has a burrow but she only uses it to molt. She's always topside.

 

[bobbibink]

Very cool Nice web construction there

Thanks. The larger one cleared out most of the bottom so i always get to see her. I'll probably rehouse next molt.
I have an overweight C. marshalli that has a burrow but she only uses it to molt. She's always topside.
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[bobbibink]

Frida, my fossorial T.vagans came out for walkabout yesterday..... a rare sighting of her

 

[bobbibink]

Frida, my fossorial T.vagans came out for walkabout yesterday..... a rare sighting of her View attachment 370035

 

[Ungoliant]

Is This Thing On? (♀ Ceratogyrus marshalli 5")

• Ungoliant
• Jan 14, 2020
• 6
• ceratogyrus ceratogyrus cornuatus ceratogyrus marshalli female great horned baboon tarantula marshalli mature female miss hissypants straight horned baboon tarantula straighthorned tarantula

Elusive Predator (♀ Ephebopus murinus 3.75")

• Ungoliant
• Jul 4, 2020
• 1
• ephebopus ephebopus murinus feeding female mature female murinus skeleton tarantula

This is the first picture I've managed to get of her since I bought her over a year ago.

Monocentropus balfouri (3"+)

• Ungoliant
• Nov 7, 2020
• balfouri juvenile juvenile male male monocentropus monocentropus balfouri socotra island blue baboon tarantula

I seldom get a chance to photograph this tarantula, as he's very reclusive.

Ghost (Augacephalus ezendami 2")

• Ungoliant
• Jan 2, 2021
• 2
• augacephalus augacephalus ezendami ceratogyrus ezendami ezendami juvenile mozambique baboon tarantula

I haven't seen this spider since I rehoused her four months ago! (Evidently, she has been...

 

[corydalis]

One of my subadult balfouri. Became bolder lately, even revealed his(?) silky smooth hole for us.

 

[basin79]

Cyriopagopus sp Bach Ma over her burrow with a meal.


Telling me to go away.


Cyriopagopus doriae with a cricket


Telling me to go away.

 

[bobbibink]

Frida, my T. vagans, made a brief appearance this evening

 

[CradilyKing]

Who’s built the best burrow?

Frida, my T. vagans who has lived fossorial all her life, worked like a bulldozer to create this burrow. She is the ultimate “pet hole”. 11 years and rarely ever see her.

Post those pet holes!

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How do you get yours to burrow lmao I’ve had my vagans for 3 years and gave her an enclosure with about 10 inches ofsubstrate and set it out so if she burrows I’ll be able to see her down the side of the glass and she just refuses to which is annoying cause I made this enclosure specifically to see her make a large tunnel

 

[bobbibink]

How do you get yours to burrow lmao I’ve had my vagans for 3 years and gave her an enclosure with about 10 inches ofsubstrate and set it out so if she burrows I’ll be able to see her down the side of the glass and she just refuses to which is annoying cause I made this enclosure specifically to see her make a large tunnel

I provided her with a tiny shovel when she was just a sling.

You’re fortunate, in a way, bc you get to see your T. vagans — some like to hang out on top while others prefer to hide. Mine is very shy, so it’s a treat when I do see her.
What kind of substrate are you using?

 

[CradilyKing]

Its a coco fibre moss mix it seems to be stable enough as I’ve tried it myself and it holds still pretty nicely but the problem is shes just not interested in it I made a small starter bit and I’ve never seen her go near it. She’s a bit weird tbh unlike my other T’s she’s not scared of light when I do maintenance in the enclosure she couldn’t care less and her feeding response is wild and I’ve never had her refuse food so molting is always a surprise. I’m honestly thinking of changing her enclosure to a more “display t enclosure” then getting another fossorial but I’m not sure what.

 

[Olan]

Recently molted H. gigas. I can always get her to come out with a little bit of web jiggling (and she is always rewarded with a superworm)