Sgt7212
Arachnopeon
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- Feb 26, 2020
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On February 26th, I purchased a T. kahlenbergi 2.5-3" juvenile from a local shop. Admittedly, at the time, I had no idea what I was doing. On the advice and recommendation of the local shop, I housed it in a 10 gallon critter cage, which is a glass tank and has a locking mesh top and 4 inches of substrate, cork bark hide and water dish. Some of you will ask for photos, but I know the set up is wrong and realized that rather quickly.
I had planned on correcting the set up the following morning, by moving it to a smaller enclosure with appropriate level of substrate. The problem is, after it explored the enclosure the first night, when I woke up at 530am on Feb 27th, it had made a burrow under the cork bark and sealed itself off. Since that time, I have left it alone and only opened the enclosure to dampen a corner of the substrate and ensure the water dish is full at all times.
It is now over a month with no change. From reading here, I know this is not unusual and T's know how to be T's better than we do. I've read of T's staying off the grid for months at a time.
Is there ever a point in time that it would be prudent to check on the T? or do I just stay on course, indefinitely, as I have been?
I ask because my similarly sized C. cyaneopubescens molted the night before last. While it has largely stayed in it's web tunnel, this morning I put a few drops of water just outside and she sensed it and came up to drink. I repeated that a few times and she has drank everything I've offered.
That got me thinking. I know molting is a very taxing and stressful time and it takes a lot out of a T. My GBB was obviously thirsty. Could my T. kahlenbergi be in any danger?
The obvious answer is, if it wants water, it would probably come out looking for it. I do understand that, but I am still fairly new to T's and just looking for a little reassurance/ peace of mind.
I had planned on correcting the set up the following morning, by moving it to a smaller enclosure with appropriate level of substrate. The problem is, after it explored the enclosure the first night, when I woke up at 530am on Feb 27th, it had made a burrow under the cork bark and sealed itself off. Since that time, I have left it alone and only opened the enclosure to dampen a corner of the substrate and ensure the water dish is full at all times.
It is now over a month with no change. From reading here, I know this is not unusual and T's know how to be T's better than we do. I've read of T's staying off the grid for months at a time.
Is there ever a point in time that it would be prudent to check on the T? or do I just stay on course, indefinitely, as I have been?
I ask because my similarly sized C. cyaneopubescens molted the night before last. While it has largely stayed in it's web tunnel, this morning I put a few drops of water just outside and she sensed it and came up to drink. I repeated that a few times and she has drank everything I've offered.
That got me thinking. I know molting is a very taxing and stressful time and it takes a lot out of a T. My GBB was obviously thirsty. Could my T. kahlenbergi be in any danger?
The obvious answer is, if it wants water, it would probably come out looking for it. I do understand that, but I am still fairly new to T's and just looking for a little reassurance/ peace of mind.
