My tarantula eats in her cave and I don’t know how to clean it

[Akkai]

My Brachypelma hamorii decided to eat in her cave. Everytime I feed her she goes to her cave and I can’t pick up the lefts cuz she has barricaded herself and made spiderwebs. What should I do? Should I move the cave to pick up the lefts?

 

[Sugar Wolf]

I have a few T's that eat in there burrows and I am unable to get to the leftover boluses so I have springtails or isopods in there enclosures that clean up the leftovers for me... Have you tried springtails or isopods?

 

[Arachnoclown]

My Brachypelma hamorii decided to eat in her cave. Everytime I feed her she goes to her cave and I can’t pick up the lefts cuz she has barricaded herself and made spiderwebs. What should I do? Should I move the cave to pick up the lefts?

Tarantulas will clean their own burrows and toss out the debris. It will be a webbed ball of substrate containing all the unwanted stuff. Most of the time they will toss this in the water bowl or as far as possible from the entrance. I never worry about what goes on in the burrow.

 

[Arachnoclown]

I have a few T's that eat in there burrows and I am unable to get to the leftover boluses so I have springtails or isopods in there enclosures that clean up the leftovers for me... Have you tried springtails or isopods?

Springtails and isopods are great for cleaning up but with a arid species like Brachypelma they are hard to keep alive with the dry substrate.

 

[Papaya]

Tarantulas will clean their own burrows and toss out the debris. It will be a webbed ball of substrate containing all the unwanted stuff. Most of the time they will toss this in the water bowl or as far as possible from the entrance. I never worry about what goes on in the burrow.

I just found an uneaten superworm in my B Smithis water dish. Interesting

 

[Heretic]

I have never seen my 3" H. Pulchripes eat. I toss stuff at the mouth of her cave and it never comes out. I have a Ring Cam alert me to her coming out of her cave at 11pm-3am. That's about it. Now watched my sling eat a wax worm on top of its web..well ate 1/2 of it so I removed the uneaten part the next day.

 

[Stretch]

I have never seen my 3" H. Pulchripes eat. I toss stuff at the mouth of her cave and it never comes out. I have a Ring Cam alert me to her coming out of her cave at 11pm-3am. That's about it. Now watched my sling eat a wax worm on top of its web..well ate 1/2 of it so I removed the uneaten part the next day.

Do you think it could be getting ready for a molt? I know my T's will go what seems to be months before eating. Then one day I'll find a molt. Also, some T's just won't eat for long periods. It's just what they do.

 

[Aracnoenthusiast]

Dont worry about the leftovers. If the burrow gets messy the t will clean it as already mentioned. These really are low maintenance pets.

 

[Heretic]

Do you think it could be getting ready for a molt? I know my T's will go what seems to be months before eating. Then one day I'll find a molt. Also, some T's just won't eat for long periods. It's just what they do.

yes I do think its in pre-molt but I still offer food every week.