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earliar this morning i placed my king baboon sling no bigger than my finger nail in a sterilite plastic container that measures 13 inches long and 8 wide with peat moss as substrate.
how ever later i decided that i did not like that set up as it was to humid and there were to many small crickets on the loose as a mass exodus of them leapt into the container for freedom when i first opened the cricket case, and these crickets are much to small to remove with out changing the substrate, so for these reasons and because i decided it would be alot easyer for me to care for the spider in a smaller container i decided to move it, and here is where my troubles begin.
finding such a small critter in a space where it blends in so easily is no small task, but as i was able to find the spider in said container before deciding to move it in less than 20 seconds of looking(it has dug in near a corner)
and so using my fingers, a fine tooth comb a magnifying glass a flash light and a sand sifter i went about scouring and re-scouring the entire container peat fiber by peat fiber for over 6 hours (i actually had plans today which obviously i had to bail on) and so i ended up moving every last peat fiber into a smaller circular container that is much taller, it is 8 inches wide and tall enough so that all the substrate in the new container is 3.5 inches deep.
so here is my problem, i know king baboons are "deep" burrowers but at that size and with that high level of substrate if it is buried some where in there would it be able to make its way back to the surface? is there anyway to make it reveal its location? granted there is even a chance it is some how not even in there but there is really no way for me to tell.
would it be crushed or sufocated by some much dirt on top of it?
and then the other big thing is what if i never see it again and it died under all that some how or who knows what,
i guess all that i can do now is put food in there and hope for the best, i know king baboons are slow growers but how slow? if it is still in there and kicking it and is some how able to sense food on the surface how long would i have to wait before it molts enough so that i can find it?
how ever later i decided that i did not like that set up as it was to humid and there were to many small crickets on the loose as a mass exodus of them leapt into the container for freedom when i first opened the cricket case, and these crickets are much to small to remove with out changing the substrate, so for these reasons and because i decided it would be alot easyer for me to care for the spider in a smaller container i decided to move it, and here is where my troubles begin.
finding such a small critter in a space where it blends in so easily is no small task, but as i was able to find the spider in said container before deciding to move it in less than 20 seconds of looking(it has dug in near a corner)
and so using my fingers, a fine tooth comb a magnifying glass a flash light and a sand sifter i went about scouring and re-scouring the entire container peat fiber by peat fiber for over 6 hours (i actually had plans today which obviously i had to bail on) and so i ended up moving every last peat fiber into a smaller circular container that is much taller, it is 8 inches wide and tall enough so that all the substrate in the new container is 3.5 inches deep.
so here is my problem, i know king baboons are "deep" burrowers but at that size and with that high level of substrate if it is buried some where in there would it be able to make its way back to the surface? is there anyway to make it reveal its location? granted there is even a chance it is some how not even in there but there is really no way for me to tell.
would it be crushed or sufocated by some much dirt on top of it?
and then the other big thing is what if i never see it again and it died under all that some how or who knows what,
i guess all that i can do now is put food in there and hope for the best, i know king baboons are slow growers but how slow? if it is still in there and kicking it and is some how able to sense food on the surface how long would i have to wait before it molts enough so that i can find it?