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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Denny Dee" data-source="post: 32661" data-attributes="member: 1393">You are very lucky!  Most of us that desire trapdoor spiders have a very difficult time locating them.  As mentioned above, trapdoors spend virtually their entire lives in their burrows.  You may never see them once they burrow (unlike burrowing T's and scorps).  They should have a very deep enclosure filled with soil (wide variety of opinions on the substrate but you will need some humidity as this is an African species I believe).  They don't eat as often as T's as mine usually eat once every week or two.  They will refuse the food if not hungry.  My understanding is that their bite is actually worse than a T with regard to venom.  Trapdoors fall into the Primitive Spider category.  Check out the video on the trapdoor enclosure and care:[MEDIA=youtube]P4uY5DUx0TE[/MEDIA]</blockquote>