So last night I put a cricket in with my G. pulchra who was showing no signs of being in premolt, obviously telling by color isnt easy with a black tarantula, and he has always eaten up until hours before he molts. I came home this morning to see that he is at the bottom of his burrow almost finished molting, and the cricket is about halfway up his burrow just chilling. I see no feasible way to remove the cricket without disturbing him since trying to grab the cricket will just result in him jumping further into the burrow. Do I just leave it alone and hope for the best? obviously i will keep an eye on the situation in case the cricket either leaves the burrow or starts munching on him.
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Cricket in with molting T.
- Thread starter auganator
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Try your best to get it out, I've done this a few times and had a bad outcome once, I wouldn't dig up his burrow but definitely want that guy out. I've been lucky enough to get em out in time before but I did loose a juvenile b.smithi from leaving a crick in after a molt one time.
