Phobiuh
Arachnopeon
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- Jul 4, 2018
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Hello everyone,
Wanted to start off by saying I am ready for all the hate I am potentially about to get... I know how brutal some people on here can be on any novice that asks the simplest questions, and I don't think what I am about to post is any different that that.
I have had an A. Mooreae since about the last few days of February/start of March and the little guy was doing excellent -- he ate on his second day here, was very alert when I made sudden movements, and even molted once under my supervision... even though I did not notice it initially until I went to go remove leftover food from his enclosure as he was very tiny at only .33 of an inch. Everything was fine until March 31st, when it decided to burrow but not leave tracks onto where it could have went; the burrow looked closed off even though it had just started burrowing. I let it be for nearly two months, although I left food outside of the small burrow it had created every single week which went untouched and even though I thought nothing of it as it could have been preparing/ to molt, I still had a very bad feeling about it.
Finally, today, my curiosity got to me and I began to attempt to dig the little guy out. Unfortunately, I could not find anything after I had dumped out all of the dirt into a bucket in case it decided to make a run from it when opening its enclosure, like it always did when I first got it. I am absolutely clueless on how this could have happened??? I always made sure that the T was in the enclosure before closing it (even the last day I saw it, March 31st), made the smallest holes for his deli cup using a button pin, and tightly sealed it every time I opened it because I understand how strong they are.
Does anyone have any idea what could have happened or what I can do? to help locate it?? If it helps, he was housed in a 4 1/2 oz deli cup with small button pin-sized holes for air flow. His enclosure sat on top of my modem for heat (to help them grow faster and get them out of the delicate sling stage, I have also kept my other 3 Ts the same way and none are experiencing problems).
Should I just give up hope in finding it ever again? I put all of the substrate back in, in hopes that it would miraculously turn up again one day. Yes, it was an A. Mooreae and although they are very expensive, money is not the issue for me... I just want the little guy to be OK.
Wanted to start off by saying I am ready for all the hate I am potentially about to get... I know how brutal some people on here can be on any novice that asks the simplest questions, and I don't think what I am about to post is any different that that.
I have had an A. Mooreae since about the last few days of February/start of March and the little guy was doing excellent -- he ate on his second day here, was very alert when I made sudden movements, and even molted once under my supervision... even though I did not notice it initially until I went to go remove leftover food from his enclosure as he was very tiny at only .33 of an inch. Everything was fine until March 31st, when it decided to burrow but not leave tracks onto where it could have went; the burrow looked closed off even though it had just started burrowing. I let it be for nearly two months, although I left food outside of the small burrow it had created every single week which went untouched and even though I thought nothing of it as it could have been preparing/ to molt, I still had a very bad feeling about it.
Finally, today, my curiosity got to me and I began to attempt to dig the little guy out. Unfortunately, I could not find anything after I had dumped out all of the dirt into a bucket in case it decided to make a run from it when opening its enclosure, like it always did when I first got it. I am absolutely clueless on how this could have happened??? I always made sure that the T was in the enclosure before closing it (even the last day I saw it, March 31st), made the smallest holes for his deli cup using a button pin, and tightly sealed it every time I opened it because I understand how strong they are.
Does anyone have any idea what could have happened or what I can do? to help locate it?? If it helps, he was housed in a 4 1/2 oz deli cup with small button pin-sized holes for air flow. His enclosure sat on top of my modem for heat (to help them grow faster and get them out of the delicate sling stage, I have also kept my other 3 Ts the same way and none are experiencing problems).
Should I just give up hope in finding it ever again? I put all of the substrate back in, in hopes that it would miraculously turn up again one day. Yes, it was an A. Mooreae and although they are very expensive, money is not the issue for me... I just want the little guy to be OK.