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Message: <blockquote data-quote="2G33K4U" data-source="post: 30661" data-attributes="member: 1534"><p>We can never have to much soil for Terrestrial T. if they want to dig they have plenty to use. The height issue is a big thing as well like previously mentioned above spider climbs and gets startled by a noise or something it drops and bad things could happen to your baby. If you cant change enclosures. you could move the objects closer to middle as to reduce chance she may fall from glass onto them and she can still utilize them if she wants to. Adding more substrate also reduces the height she could potentially fall. You could also take something like a paper towel roll and place it in one of the corners as a starting hole then pack dirt around it and carefully pull the roll out. This encourages her to dig and in a place where you can still see her, she will widen the hole if she needs to or not use it at all which is fine either way. At your spiders size she will most likely hang out on surface when conditions are right for her. Mine mine chills out around water dish. Earlier you mentioned it doing circles endlessly it sounds like it is stressed and can't figure out how to get away from the heat source. Desert T's can handle heat but it is instinctual for them to try and avoid it and come out when it is dark and cooler out. This is the life of a desert creature.</p></blockquote><p></p>