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<blockquote data-quote="Denny Dee" data-source="post: 20927" data-attributes="member: 1393"><p>I have two Cobalt Blues and they are both avid diggers. They seem to love burrowing into excavator clay (Zoo Med substrate for reptiles). On top of the clay, I would recommend the Eco/Vermiculite (70/30 mix) mentioned above. Know this: You won't see them much after they burrow. True story: I thought I lost my juvi. Didn't see her for months and after seeing crickets grow old and retire in the tank decided she must have passed? The burrow was very deep (I like to make my own burrow hoping they will move into is so I can see them at my leisure with a flashlight but she decided to make a vertical one instead). So, on implulse, I purchased a Chilobrachys fimbriatus at a show to replace her. I emptied out the entire enclosure except the biggest piece of the excavator clay (this stuff gets heave so use caution) as I was hoping to salvage all my hard landscaping efforts. I placed the Indian Violet into the the new enclosure and she went right into my home made burrow entrance. Perfect. The next day, when I went to mist the tank before work, I noticed the T was out and about so misted around her. I thought I noticed something move in the burrow as it was already webbed up. That night when I got home, "the" T was in the back corner. I looked closer and, much to my dismay, it was my "dead" Cobalt! Horrifying! Much more so for the Cobalt Blue but horrifying for me as well knowing that I had my hand all over the tank cleaning out the old substrate and am amazed she never nailed me. I moved fast and rescued the poor critter and re-located it. Both Blue and the Indian Violet are alive and well (if T's have nightmares, than this Blue must still have them being shoved out of the burrow by an angry Chilobrachys!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Denny Dee, post: 20927, member: 1393"] I have two Cobalt Blues and they are both avid diggers. They seem to love burrowing into excavator clay (Zoo Med substrate for reptiles). On top of the clay, I would recommend the Eco/Vermiculite (70/30 mix) mentioned above. Know this: You won't see them much after they burrow. True story: I thought I lost my juvi. Didn't see her for months and after seeing crickets grow old and retire in the tank decided she must have passed? The burrow was very deep (I like to make my own burrow hoping they will move into is so I can see them at my leisure with a flashlight but she decided to make a vertical one instead). So, on implulse, I purchased a Chilobrachys fimbriatus at a show to replace her. I emptied out the entire enclosure except the biggest piece of the excavator clay (this stuff gets heave so use caution) as I was hoping to salvage all my hard landscaping efforts. I placed the Indian Violet into the the new enclosure and she went right into my home made burrow entrance. Perfect. The next day, when I went to mist the tank before work, I noticed the T was out and about so misted around her. I thought I noticed something move in the burrow as it was already webbed up. That night when I got home, "the" T was in the back corner. I looked closer and, much to my dismay, it was my "dead" Cobalt! Horrifying! Much more so for the Cobalt Blue but horrifying for me as well knowing that I had my hand all over the tank cleaning out the old substrate and am amazed she never nailed me. I moved fast and rescued the poor critter and re-located it. Both Blue and the Indian Violet are alive and well (if T's have nightmares, than this Blue must still have them being shoved out of the burrow by an angry Chilobrachys!) [I][/I] [/QUOTE]
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