T VAGANS sling burried itself

[longlegs666]

Hello friends! First time sling owner. Got this guy from the pet store cuz i saw they gave him basically no substrate and no water dish. The minute I got him in a deeper container (he had .5 inches at pet store and I gave him 4 inches) it took him only 10 hours to burrow under the cork bark and seal it up. I know not to disturb them... but it's been over a month. He looked fat af so not super worried but can anyone tell from these pics/vids if he was getting close to premolt? Gonna start leaving pre-killed crickets every night just to see if he is actually coming out at night. These slings are hardy but I still worry! I have a bold jumper and juvenil Aphonopelma seemanni also! Thanks for looking!

 

[Ratmosphere]

Normal. Big and fat, might molt soon.

Good luck!

 

[Brewser]

No Worries, Needs time alone. Do not disturb, and Welcome A Boards.
Best Regards to You Two.

 

[kingshockey]

you still gotta while its a fatty just remember the blacker the butt the closer it will be to a molt

 

[Mustafa67]

Hello friends! First time sling owner. Got this guy from the pet store cuz i saw they gave him basically no substrate and no water dish. The minute I got him in a deeper container (he had .5 inches at pet store and I gave him 4 inches) it took him only 10 hours to burrow under the cork bark and seal it up. I know not to disturb them... but it's been over a month. He looked fat af so not super worried but can anyone tell from these pics/vids if he was getting close to premolt? Gonna start leaving pre-killed crickets every night just to see if he is actually coming out at night. These slings are hardy but I still worry! I have a bold jumper and juvenil Aphonopelma seemanni also! Thanks for looking!

Normal, don’t worry

 

[DaveM]

Sounds great, and good for you as a first time sling owner for knowing what to do in advance

 

[fcat]

She's super cute, congrats and welcome to the boards

 

[viper69]

Yes

 

[cold blood]

After raising tens of thousands of slings I can tell you this, you don't want to provide a terrestrial sling with too much substrate....do so and what happens nearly every time is that they burrow away excessively....they rarely, sometimes never, come out looking to feed, which hampers growth rates by 4-6 times, it also makes it impossible to monitor your sling effectively....you want to be able to see it, so you know if anything is not right, and you want your sling to be eating regularly and growing out of the fragile sling stage fairly quickly.....none of this occurs when you give slings enough substrate to disappear in.

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• cold blood
• Feb 7, 2017

Keep your small terrestrial slings like this.