Hiding

[AndyL]

Hi all My G Pulchra is currently hiding under a piece on bark for the last 3 weeks, I know it’s not been out for food or water, my question is can I move the bark (without disturbing him) to check on him just to ease my curiosity really??

 

[m0lsx]

To answer your question, no you will not be able to move the bark, if it's under it & not under the substrate below it, without disturbing it. But disturbing it, is not the same as harming it. 3 weeks is probably a bit too soon to start getting concerned. But if you are new to T's & only have 1 or 2 T's, you will not be the only new owner who feels the need to check after only a few weeks & most T's survive owners worries.

I have T's I have not seen for 6 months plus & a T which I brought months ago, that I have only ever seen the legs of, once or twice & that is only because I keep checking down it's burrow with a torch. As long as your T is not molting, then moving the bark will do it no harm. But, this is what young T's often do. In the wild, it's how they survive.

 

[Heretic]

People have had Ts even Slings go months without food. Water tends to be more critical then food. For slings chopping up a few mealworms is good enough sometimes. They will eat 1 segment and be fine. Other Slings take down prey like champs...its a coin toss what your sling does.

I have a sling that I have never seen eat in 4 months. I have tossed food and chopped up food in his enclosure and he doesnt touch it. I have had several wax worms turn to moths in the enclosure. I know hes eating something because he went from a 1/4 inch sling to how over 1 1/2 inches... and again I don't know what he has eaten if any thing.