my king baboon enclosed itself....

[sydward]

i have this plastic dixie cup for it to hide in(since it so small) and i woke up to it completely closed in with dirt...the whole opening....i think its moulted/ing...but its been a few days now...should i pull the dirt back to take a peek? also i just put a heat mat on the side of the cage a day or so before it did this..it also hasnt ate since i have had him..im thinking moult...but i wanted to see what someone else had to say....

 

[spartybassoon]

Maybe molting, maybe just hiding. Either way, don't open up the dirt curtain, just leave it be. It will come out later when its ready, or make an opening for food.

 

[MooSmoo]

I used to non-stop worry about our Ts / Scorps but im slowly coming to learn that they know what they want and they know what they're doing lol

 

[sydward]

yeah...im thinking this thing its doing is normal...just making sure you all dont have anything else to say bout it...thanks!

 

[sydward]

i checked on it today...i shined a flash light through the tiny space it left and i could see it..and it seen me and moved.haha....also my red rump enclosed itself under substrate too....but i cant see it at all... now i am worried it fell on top of it hope not

 

[MooSmoo]

Last night both our baboon and chile rose enclosed themselves lol. We use egg carton cups for caves and the baboon has just pulled soil over his holes whereas the chile rose has covered hers in dirt / webbing

 

[Skullptor]

Resist the urge to go digging. Years ago when I first started collecting, I would worry about not seeing one and go dig it out to find it's ok, it's just experienced a massive earthquake called "me"

After a little bit you will begin to relax and let them be.

 

[Rochelle]

C.crawshayi tend to be "pet dirt" T.s. They will normally hide for prolonged periods and in fact, a "sighting" is a rare event. A hiding crawshayi is a happy crawshayi. Our adult F. never comes out of her burrow - but she's plump and doing just fine. our slings have been buried for almost 3 months! lol.
Do not add a heat pad to these guys. They burrow naturally to avoid the heat, and do not realize that digging will actually take them closer to the source. Please remember that though they live in a very hot climate, naturally - they escape the heat by living deep in the ground.
They do not need external heating, as long as the tank is kept at room temp.
Hope this helps!

 

[sydward]

well, the heat mat is on the side of the tank...but thanks...no body told me that...its nice to nkow things like that....maybe thats why he did that...because it wasnt till after i put the mat on...maybe i will take it off....i h ave another cage that probably will need one....i live in a basment so its pretty chilly all the time ....but hopefully i am moving soon! i will have an extra room for ALL of my lovers(Ts and link the skink)is there any other information i should know about these??