It's been my experience with Crawshayi's that they will do this and stay blocked in for a really long time even as slings. They take a long time to molt. Also even when they are not molting they will sometimes block themselves in, but if you put a cricket up there, they will sense when the cricket is walking around and they will spring through the dirt.Malkavian said:It's been my experience that when a T plugs its burrow it's going into pre-molt.
Just take the crickets out and watch and wait. My pulchra plugged itself in for its first molt and was underground for several weeks altogether
ill be collecting my Free bus card by the time mine maturesxBurntBytheSunx said:10 years!!!!!!!! wow, i'm in for a long wait!
I like to feed all my Ts everyday. In the case of my C.crawshayi i would open the burrow and drop in a crik. If she didn't take it the crik would find its way to the surface. After that happened a couple of times I would wait a week and try again. Since You can always see a burrowing spider, though the side of the tank, I would watch for the abdomen to swell and darken slightly indicating premolt. I keep my Ts in a room that is kept at around 80+ f.. I have heard recently that peat moss can slow the growth of a T But I have found no info to back that up. I have always used coconut fibre.xBurntBytheSunx said:how much/often did you feed? i may have to start power feeding mine if i can get it to grow like that