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Message: <blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 197075" data-attributes="member: 29323">Have you come across the term "pet hole" yet? If not, it is what you currently have.  I have a Grammostola pulchripes sling & do not see it very often at all. My adult Grammastolas are always out on show, my sling never is. My grammostola iheringi is currently a very small juvi & always out. But never used to be. Burrowing is what slings do to protect themselves. And at least with a Grammasola it is normally out when an adult.For slings I put a beheaded mealworm in twice a week & remove it after 24 hours. Mealworms are beheaded as like that they do not burrow & potentially become a beetle which can harm T's. And a beheaded mealworm will still be moving 24 hours later.  Several I removed last night wriggled when I grabbed them with the tweezers to remove them. Normally a sling will eat when it needs too. So just pop some food in, leave it 24 hours & repeat every few days. If it wants to eat it will. Sometimes you will find prekilled prey completely disappears, as it will be dragged into a burrow. From a mold point of view, I do not like that. But at least I know my slings are still alive when they do that.</blockquote>