My young pink toe T is molting?in tunnel web not eating

[Garfiegirl11]

Hello I have a young pink toe T they had been eating fine for months couple weeks ago created a tunnel web and had been perched there for about two weeks not fully enclosed and eating but now they are not leaving the web or eating, are they molting ?
care for my baby so much
thanks everyone

 

[cold blood]

You need more plants at an elevated position, this is why it made that sad tube near the ground....no anchor points up top.

Its not molting, its preparing to molt....Avics seal themselves in tubes some times for weeks or months before molting. Generally speaking, the more often you feed them, the more time they spend sealed up before molting. It's the downfall of a heavy feeding schedule. But what you're seeing is to be expected no matter what.

Right now it's just a waiting game, there's nothing for you to do but be patient.

 

[Garfiegirl11]

Thank you so much for your response!!!
A bit confused about what you mean about having more plants, the shop I got my T at had really nothing but a piece of wood in the cages.
Best, Garfiegirl11

 

[moricollins]

Your best bets for the enclosure are to either give the Avic plants to climb and hide in, or more cork bark for it to climb and hide behind.

Your setup is essentially an open concept area for a critter that prefers walls and doors .

 

[Ungoliant]

A bit confused about what you mean about having more plants, the shop I got my T at had really nothing but a piece of wood in the cages.

Pet store setups are rarely models of good enclosures.

An Avic enclosure should look more like this:

Avicularia (or Caribena) Sling Enclosure

• Ungoliant
• Jan 4, 2019
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• avicularia avicularia avicularia caribena caribena versicolor pinktoe tarantula sling

The enclosure for one of my two Avicularia avicularia slings. (My slings have both webbed them...

The one pictured above is for one of my slings, but the same principles apply to juveniles and adults:

• Ample ventilation (on the sides and top) is ideal.
  
• Keep the ground relatively clear of clutter. Healthy Avics spend little time on the ground, and ground cover only serves as hiding places for feeders.
• Provide a vertical slab of cork bark or other light-weight wood to serve as a hunting perch. Ideally, this should go from the ground to near the top of the enclosure.
• Fill the top half of the enclosure with leafy clutter. Avics will use this as cover and as anchor points for webbing.
• Do not routinely mist the enclosure or try to maintain high humidity.
• You can provide a water dish, but if the Avic doesn't go to it, you can provide water by pooling a bit of water on the webbing.

Below is an unconventional "treehouse" setup I made for my mature female.

Avicularia Treehouse

• Ungoliant
• Apr 8, 2017
• 9
• avicularia avicularia avicularia enclosure pinktoe tarantula

The treehouse we built for Skyler, my female Avicularia avicularia. She has been living in the...

Avicularia avicularia (Skyler)

• Ungoliant
• Jan 1, 2017
• avicularia avicularia avicularia female juvenile female pinktoe tarantula skyler

Avicularia avicularia: sub-adult female