To disturb or not to disturb?

[Miss310]

Hello all!
I have a b. albo sling that has closed off it's burrow and molted. It's been in it's closed burrow for 2 weeks since its molted. What should I do? Dig it up and try to feed? Leave it alone until it resurfaces? In the past i've dug it up and rehoused it. But I don't want to stress it out. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions.

 

[Enn49]

Leave it. B. albo slings spend most of their time burrowing and will be fine.

 

[Miss310]

Leave it. B. albo slings spend most of their time burrowing and will be fine.

Thanks! When should I feed it? I've leave food in it's enclosure but it still stays burrowed.

 

[Enn49]

Thanks! When should I feed it? I've leave food in it's enclosure but it still stays burrowed.

If it's 2 weeks since the moult then you're ok to feed and the sling will grab it when it's ready. Remove uneaten food after 24 hours,.

 

[Miss310]

If it's 2 weeks since the moult then you're ok to feed and the sling will grab it when it's ready. Remove uneaten food after 24 hours,.

Would it be ok to open its entrance if its closed off?

 

[PanzoN88]

Would it be ok to open its entrance if its closed off?

Just drop the food bear, the sling will emerge most likely in the middle of the night to grab the prey

 

[Enn49]

Would it be ok to open its entrance if its closed off?

I'd leave it alone, it will open up when it's ready. My 3 rarely even had an opening to the surface but always knew when food was there and it would soon disappear. B. albos are great burrowers as slings and if you're lucky you will be able to watch them scuttling around down below. Once they've grown they will spend more and more time on the surface.

 

[ALD]

I would just let it be. I would not mess with the burrow.

 

[Brachypelma albopilosum]

I'd leave it alone, it will open up when it's ready. My 3 rarely even had an opening to the surface but always knew when food was there and it would soon disappear. B. albos are great burrowers as slings and if you're lucky you will be able to watch them scuttling around down below. Once they've grown they will spend more and more time on the surface.

My acanthoscurria geniculata has done this too a week after I bought it. I don't know if it molted before that. What do I need to do

 

[Enn49]

Any of my slings that have burrowed away get fed as normal, if the food is still there after 24 hours it needs removing.

 

[Brachypelma albopilosum]

Any of my slings that have burrowed away get fed as normal, if the food is still there after 24 hours it needs removing.

I didn't get a chance to feed it yet. It didn't accept food at first. And the other day she burrowed herself in

 

[Nunua]

From my slings, B. albopilosum and S. angustum loved to stay in their burrows for long times. S. angustum created a little window from where I saw it, but B. albo was more secretive. As I didn't know if they were molted or not, I fed them by crushing the head (only the tiny crunchy part) of meal worm and just dropping it in. Meal worms still twitched and squirmed, but they were no able to burrow so I didn't need to worry about them to disappear.
I usually fed the burrowers in the evening to give them the most peaceful snacking time possible. If the worm was gone in the morning, slings were hungry - if not, I just took the prey off after 24 hrs. Simple as that.