I brought a juvenile G Pulchra home about two months ago, and she almost immediately blocked up her hide and burrowed. She was pretty plump when I got her (pic attached), which was reassuring.
Last week, she made her corner in the enclosure visible through the plastic walls, and then surfaced ever so slightly. I offered her a roach, and she took it immediately - this is the first time she's fed in my care (I tried her once before probably a month prior, when she made a gap in her burrow again, but she ran from the roach so I removed it and left her alone). While she was visible this time, I noticed that her abdomen seemed noticeably smaller. I couldn't get a picture of her as the angles/plastic glare was in the way, but it panicked me a bit. Hours after feeding, however, she blocked up her burrow completely and is no longer visible at all.
I don't want to disturb her, if she's put substrate in the way of us I'll respect that, but is this common? I keep checking for any sign of holes and little legs poking out so I can try her again, but so far nothing.
(I keep her with a water dish and have been spilling water into the substrate occasionally so that it's sinking down to where she's burrowed.)
Last week, she made her corner in the enclosure visible through the plastic walls, and then surfaced ever so slightly. I offered her a roach, and she took it immediately - this is the first time she's fed in my care (I tried her once before probably a month prior, when she made a gap in her burrow again, but she ran from the roach so I removed it and left her alone). While she was visible this time, I noticed that her abdomen seemed noticeably smaller. I couldn't get a picture of her as the angles/plastic glare was in the way, but it panicked me a bit. Hours after feeding, however, she blocked up her burrow completely and is no longer visible at all.
I don't want to disturb her, if she's put substrate in the way of us I'll respect that, but is this common? I keep checking for any sign of holes and little legs poking out so I can try her again, but so far nothing.
(I keep her with a water dish and have been spilling water into the substrate occasionally so that it's sinking down to where she's burrowed.)
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