Need help

[Ranger94]

Ok I got a new sling Goliath white knee my first sling and he made him a new home and I spray it and have put food in cage for him but he will not come out and I can't see him how do I know he is ok hate to bug yall but I don't want anything to happen to him

 

[nedaK]

Did he make a burrow? If so did he seal it off? If so, he is most likely in premolt because these guys almost never pass up on a meal unless they are in premolt.

 

[Ranger94]

Yes he made a burrows the first night and has not come out and I don't want anything to happen to him

 

[Tnoob]

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Yes he made a burrows the first night and has not come out and I don't want anything to happen to him

Spiders are surprising creatures. You just might have a molt.

 

[Tnoob]

I'm pretty sure the first rule of being a spider is that you need to fallow the Heisenberg uncertainty principle to the letter.

 

[Arachnoclown]

Acanthoscurria geniculata "Giant white knee tarantula"...not a goliath. It's just relaxing and settling into it's new environment. Just let it be...it will probably come out when its dark. That's what slings sometimes do...its part of their survival instincts.

 

[Ranger94]

Will do

 

[Enn49]

I have slings that I can go months without seeing unless I rehouse them. Most slings will burrow, even the arboreals, as that is where they feel safest. Sometimes the only way you know they are alive is when food disappears overnight but as already said it may not eat if it's in premoult..

 

[Ranger94]

Ok I'll just wait and see what's happens and put some food in overnight at the end of the week thanks for the help