Tarantula nibbles on styrofoam back cover

[Leyden]

Hey everyone, my Pamphobeteus sp. machala is a notorious digger and I gave him all the substrate he needs, but recently he started to nibble on the styrofoam back panel.
I wonder if thats bad for the tarantula in any way. Should I do something about it? Any experience with that?

Thanks and greeting from Germany!

 

[viper69]

Hallo!

It happens.

 

[Georges Simp Pierre]

I assume it would be fine as even if they pierce it with their fangs, they wouldn't ingest it. (i think)

 

[cold blood]

why would you even have this in a terrestrial enclosure?

 

[Konstantin Konstantinov]

Hey everyone, my Pamphobeteus sp. machala is a notorious digger and I gave him all the substrate he needs, but recently he started to nibble on the styrofoam back panel.
I wonder if thats bad for the tarantula in any way. Should I do something about it? Any experience with that?

Thanks and greeting from Germany!

Its just tarantula doing its thing.Some of mine love trashing the fake plants and fang the vent holes.It will chew on whatever it pleases and there is nothing you can do about it.lol
I would not worry about it.
Regards Konstantin

 

[Leyden]

why would you even have this in a terrestrial enclosure?

Well its just a background for the enclosure. I thought Tarantulas wouldn't interact with it anyways. Well at least my B. smithi and my B. bohemei did not. I think it looks nice.

 

[Vanessa]

Have you actually seen the tarantula breaking apart the Styrofoam? Because crickets are notorious for eating that stuff.

 

[Smotzer]

Do you have a picture of the enclosure? Would be helpful just to make sure everything is good, since you are new.

 

[Leyden]

Have you actually seen the tarantula breaking apart the Styrofoam? Because crickets are notorious for eating that stuff.

Yes, I have seen it carrying chunks of it out of it's burrow. Pieces of it are spread all over its enclosure. But it seems like it stopped doing that, as it only carries out piles of substrate now.

 

[Leyden]

Do you have a picture of the enclosure? Would be helpful just to make sure everything is good, since you are new.

 

[Konstantin Konstantinov]

HI
It seems its only expanding its burrow.Some keepers remove the part of the background that will be buried in the substrate for that reason.Dont see anything alarming and it seems its done with it from what you have written earlier.
Your substrate level is a bit low for my liking tho
Regards Konstantin