Should I remove the hide from my pumpkin patch's enclosure?

[Tyler Kuykendall]

I put an Exo Terra T-rex skull hide in her enclosure if a hide was appreciated, though I was aware that she's a burrowing species. However, it's gotten to where the holes that she could crawl out through are blocked by substrate that she's dug up; she's also completely webbed herself into the nose end of the hide, and I have to punch through the webbing to make openings for crickets to be able to crawl in there so she can eat. I'm figuring at this point that she really doesn't need a hide, right?

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

I put an Exo Terra T-rex skull hide in her enclosure if a hide was appreciated, though I was aware that she's a burrowing species. However, it's gotten to where the holes that she could crawl out through are blocked by substrate that she's dug up; she's also completely webbed herself into the nose end of the hide, and I have to punch through the webbing to make openings for crickets to be able to crawl in there so she can eat. I'm figuring at this point that she really doesn't need a hide, right?

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I add hides to certain species that burrow, don't worry they know what they're doing. I can't see a specimen purposely closing itself off from food,unless in pre molt.

 

[spidey noob]

agree with martin, i have had a few juvi/slings block them self into there hide before moulting its quite normal from what iv experinced.

 

[Poec54]

When they've sealed themselves in, that means they're currently not accepting company. It's a 'Do Not Disturb' sign.

 

[HungryGhost]

When they've sealed themselves in, that means they're currently not accepting company. It's a 'Do Not Disturb' sign.

Agreed. It's like you shutting the door of your bedroom, when your hungry you know to come out and eat. Same way for tarantulas.

 

[Tyler Kuykendall]

Coincidentally, after over a month since I got her, she started webbing outside the aforementioned area. Lul.

 

[Poec54]

Coincidentally, after over a month since I got her, she started webbing outside the aforementioned area. Lul.

There's no time limit. They come out when they're ready. I had a 1/4" Grammostola pulchripes completely seal itself underground in it's burrow for 2 months. It finally came out, freshly shed and twice as big. You can't be wringing your hands and pacing back and forth.

 

[Tyler Kuykendall]

There's no time limit. They come out when they're ready. I had a 1/4" Grammostola pulchripes completely seal itself underground in it's burrow for 2 months. It finally came out, freshly shed and twice as big. You can't be wringing your hands and pacing back and forth.

I asked before I did anything if I was right to be concerned, but I'm not anymore, so I'm going to keep the hide in there. Just funny how she started doing it RIGHT after I posted this, lol.

 

[Poec54]

I asked before I did anything if I was right to be concerned, but I'm not anymore, so I'm going to keep the hide in there. Just funny how she started doing it RIGHT after I posted this, lol.

We don't really know what they do in the wild and when they do it. They anticipate climate changes that don't occur in cages. Some behaviors aren't relevant in captivity, but they're driven by instinct to do them anyways.

 

[privatetillery]

My pumpkin doesn't burrow, but loves to make webbed sand enclosures for itself. I know when its hungry when he makes a hole and pokes his legs out waiting for grub to pass by. My C.perezmilesi burrows but does the same thing.

 

[FaaFaa]

My pumpkin doesn't burrow, but loves to make webbed sand enclosures for itself. I know when its hungry when he makes a hole and pokes his legs out waiting for grub to pass by. My C.perezmilesi burrows but does the same thing.

Sand? Do you keep your Ts on sand? If s please change the substrate to something more suitable like eco earth. If you are keeping your T on sand this is why it isn't burrowing. They can't make a good burrow in sand. Sand does not hold humidity. Sand can get into their book lungs and cause all sorts of trouble.

 

[Tyler Kuykendall]

Sand? Do you keep your Ts on sand? If s please change the substrate to something more suitable like eco earth. If you are keeping your T on sand this is why it isn't burrowing. They can't make a good burrow in sand. Sand does not hold humidity. Sand can get into their book lungs and cause all sorts of trouble.

Not to worry about sand here, lul.

 

[privatetillery]

It's mixed in with coco sub and potting soil . It's just some for a lil color so I can see the lil guy easier