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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gizalba" data-source="post: 195533" data-attributes="member: 31253">Yeah as more time passes it seems hard to balance the risks of disturbing versus the risks of leaving them. My one inch davus pentaloris sling vanished for 2 months from the day I got him and I couldn't see any changes in the enclosure to suggest movement so I feared the worst. Then one day he appeared again fine and had moulted a few times <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> However I had another sling who vanished and was indeed dead when I finally dug her up after 5 months; the mould from the decaying body was probably a clue to that, so with others that vanish I am reassured if there is no mould. I may be wrong here but I did think that slings need more moisture/dampening of the substrate in order to not dry out, even if their species like rather dry conditions as adults? As well as the water dish I do dampen one corner of the enclosure (opposite to where the hide is to avoid flooding it) of all slings when it dries out. However I may worry about this too much/over-water so please correct if if I am wrong. Just wondered if that would be helpful to give the sling a bit of moisture even if it doesn't want to come up to the water dish.</blockquote>