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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sabeth" data-source="post: 28423" data-attributes="member: 545">Hello, Steph...(my name's Steph, too! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />) About 5 days after the molt, try a fruit fly (or a pinhead cricket, you can kill it first if you think it's too big). Usually they don't take too long to accept food. If your sling doesn't eat it, take it out after a few hours and try again in a few days. My A. geniculata sling also dug deep burrows and molted in them. Is the burrow up against the cage so you can see into it? If yes, you can go straight into the top of the burrow, over the molt, with a pair of tweezers, grasp the molt, and come back out. If you're careful and the substrate is well-tamped, you should be able to get in and out leaving just a little hole, which the T can patch up if he wants to. If you can't see to grab the molt, then yes, you could dig your way in, but then of course a good portion of the burrow would be demolished. Given that the disturbance only occurs as often as the molting does, this probably wouldn't be a big deal. As far as I know, though, leaving the molt there doesn't harm anything, either. Plus, tarantulas often take it out themselves and deposit it outside the burrow, as they do with debris. I would love to see a pic of your little smithi! I've never seen a baby Redknee since I got my girl when she was already 3 inches. Good luck and enjoy *her*!!! Hoping you get a female. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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