Man made Burrow/hide?

[Mike Fred]

Anyone know a good way to make an artificial Burrow for my tarantula? Or is the balloon trick about all there is? Thanks!

 

[cold blood]

Balloon trick? How would a balloon even create a burrow? More of a cavern, and a t doesn't need help building that any more than it needs help creating a burrow. All we can do is give a good starting point and hope they take to it.

I have had success using s piece of PVC that's been bisected....put that up against the side so you can see the start of the burrow at least for a fossorial.

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• cold blood
• Nov 17, 2016
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Another trick would be to place a large chunk of wood or something to block the middle, forcing a t to burrow around the edges where its more likely to be visible.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Just a piece of cork bark with under/near/where you want a 'starter hole' and the spider will take care of the rest.

 

[AphonopelmaTX]

Anyone know a good way to make an artificial Burrow for my tarantula? Or is the balloon trick about all there is? Thanks!

Depends on the tarantula. If it is a species that creates a scrape style burrow (digs out soil underneath a rock or other object) there is one way; if an obligate fossorial, or tube-dwelling spiders, there is another. What species do you have?

Balloon trick? How would a balloon even create a burrow? More of a cavern, and a t doesn't need help building that any more than it needs help creating a burrow.

I've heard a way to create a long tube burrow by using those long tubular balloons. You know, the ones people make those cool balloon animals with. Blow it up, shape it in an L shape, clip the end you blew in, then put it in a container and pack soil around it. After that, let the air out of the balloon and pull it out. Sounds cool in concept, but I've never tried it myself.

 

[miss moxie]

@cold blood Actually, @petkokc just used the balloon technique in a video.

Starts at 8:18.

 

[cold blood]

Very interesting. But theres no baboon on the planet that needs help making a burrow. So i dont see the point...seems like more effort than needed.

 

[Devin B]

Ive cut a pill vial diagonally as to create a hide for my juvie B. Albopilosum. It decided to expand this space and is now the entrance to a much larger burrow.

 

[BC1579]

I have a tiny B. albo sling. I made a starter burrow like you’ve seen mentioned before by using a thin rod to push substratebaway in a corner.

The albo gave me the finger (or eight of them, I guess) and made its own vertical burrow on the complete opposite side of the enclosure.

I don’t think Ts require any help burrowing. I suppose they all take what they can find in nature - a hole in the soil here, a hole in a tree there. When faced with no options, however, they can fend for themselves readily and easily.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Very interesting. But theres no baboon on the planet that needs help making a burrow. So i dont see the point...seems like more effort than needed.

Some weirdo in Italy waay back then suggested such a method as well. One of the joy of owning a 'pet hole' is to see their incredible mining skill first hand, what they can do all alone