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I just had to do a welfare check. I've had my sling in its burrow for 85% of the time since I bought it. I was told that it's best to leave it alone but if I'm genuinely concerned about her life, then I should just locate her.

I did locate her under an inch of the substrate, in the far corner of the enclosure. My sling has grown a bit over the past 2 weeks. A nice color has emerged on its legs. This also gave me the chance to repack her enclosure so that I could get the rock repositioned, which offers my sling an ideal spot to get cover and feel safe too. I set up the water cap to be like a built-in pool, to make it easier for the sling to access the water. I've dropped in a legless extra-small cricket to see if it's hungry.

If my sling decides to burrow and stay burrowed again, I will be far more comfortable with the situation and won't ever go hunting for it again. So all in all, I know she is fine and alive and her enclosure is better laid out now too. Pictures to follow soon...

<blockquote data-quote="Domondios" data-source="post: 164063" data-attributes="member: 31549">I just had to do a welfare check. I've had my sling in its burrow for 85% of the time since I bought it. I was told that it's best to leave it alone but if I'm genuinely concerned about her life, then I should just locate her. I did locate her under an inch of the substrate, in the far corner of the enclosure. My sling has grown a bit over the past 2 weeks. A nice color has emerged on its legs. This also gave me the chance to repack her enclosure so that I could get the rock repositioned, which offers my sling an ideal spot to get cover and feel safe too. I set up the water cap to be like a built-in pool, to make it easier for the sling to access the water. I've dropped in a legless extra-small cricket to see if it's hungry.If my sling decides to burrow and stay burrowed again, I will be far more comfortable with the situation and won't ever go hunting for it again.&nbsp; So all in all, I know she is fine and alive and her enclosure is better laid out now too. Pictures to follow soon...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Domondios, post: 164063, member: 31549"] I just had to do a welfare check. I've had my sling in its burrow for 85% of the time since I bought it. I was told that it's best to leave it alone but if I'm genuinely concerned about her life, then I should just locate her. I did locate her under an inch of the substrate, in the far corner of the enclosure. My sling has grown a bit over the past 2 weeks. A nice color has emerged on its legs. This also gave me the chance to repack her enclosure so that I could get the rock repositioned, which offers my sling an ideal spot to get cover and feel safe too. I set up the water cap to be like a built-in pool, to make it easier for the sling to access the water. I've dropped in a legless extra-small cricket to see if it's hungry. If my sling decides to burrow and stay burrowed again, I will be far more comfortable with the situation and won't ever go hunting for it again. So all in all, I know she is fine and alive and her enclosure is better laid out now too. Pictures to follow soon... [/QUOTE]

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