I'm going to attach some pics of my golden blue-legged baboon and the situation I found it in today.
I'm slightly worried if it got stuck. Above it is cork bark. Below it should be looser moveable dirt. It is indeed a live, and so far well as far as I can tell.
My initial (and current guess) is that it is okay.
My concern is this: It is in premolt, I'm almost 100% sure. If it got stuck due to a dropping piece of cork bark on it's way to bunker down for its molt, I think it could be disasterous. It is literally half in half out of a hole that is just about half a mm larger than it's abdomen, with 4 legs in and 4 out two on either side. I'm extremely hesitant to disturb it in anyway, but I'll be devastated if it was a simple and preventable situation but it dies because nothing was done. My instinct is to leave it alone for now. I've done some research that suggests the same thing, but having others opinions can also be more reassuring and helpful, not to mention the incite they can give.
The pictures won't show the hole, but hopefully from the details, including the relative thickness of the spider, an idea of the size, substrate condition, and cork bark above it can be ascertained.
Any advice is appreciated.
I'm slightly worried if it got stuck. Above it is cork bark. Below it should be looser moveable dirt. It is indeed a live, and so far well as far as I can tell.
My initial (and current guess) is that it is okay.
My concern is this: It is in premolt, I'm almost 100% sure. If it got stuck due to a dropping piece of cork bark on it's way to bunker down for its molt, I think it could be disasterous. It is literally half in half out of a hole that is just about half a mm larger than it's abdomen, with 4 legs in and 4 out two on either side. I'm extremely hesitant to disturb it in anyway, but I'll be devastated if it was a simple and preventable situation but it dies because nothing was done. My instinct is to leave it alone for now. I've done some research that suggests the same thing, but having others opinions can also be more reassuring and helpful, not to mention the incite they can give.
The pictures won't show the hole, but hopefully from the details, including the relative thickness of the spider, an idea of the size, substrate condition, and cork bark above it can be ascertained.
Any advice is appreciated.
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