Some advice

[adz07]

I have a Chilean rose spider king and had it for about 2 weeks, this morning I noticed it is trying to burrow it does have a little hide that it never uses but I was wide ring if this was a sign it wants to hide to molt or if it is just digging for the sake if digging any advice would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Adam

 

[adz07]

And that's spiderling not spider king damn auto correct

 

[Grammostola in my heart]

no biggie. g roseas dig ALL the time for no reason at all. some do hide when molting, but not all. when was thelast time your rosie ate?

 

[adz07]

Around 5 days ago

 

[Grammostola in my heart]

is she accepting food?

 

[adz07]

Not eaten since I put some in last night and they weren't touched

 

[Grammostola in my heart]

when did she last molt

 

[adz07]

She hasn't since I got her and the shop never said but she was doing some thing that looked like she was pulling something from under her

 

[Grammostola in my heart]

thats called grooming. shes getting the dirt off of her legs so she can use the hairs to sense. how long ago did you get the t? she may be entering premolt. if you see her on her back then shes molting, not dying

 

[adz07]

Had her for 2 weeks I read about her going on her back to molt just wasn't sure if this was a sign that she was starting to molt

 

[Grammostola in my heart]

she may very well be preparing for a molt. if she starts webbing heavy, congrats! you have a soon to molt tarantula. when she molts, wait a couple days to feed her as her fangs are still soft

 

[adz07]

Thank you for the help it's much better to ask somebody than try to second guess

 

[Grammostola in my heart]

yeah. btw, dry out her enclosure. lose the sphagnum and just keep a small portion of the substrate wet

 

[Grammostola in my heart]

never mist a g rosea. only moisten that one part of her dirt so she can get a drink. no waterbowl yet cuz shell drown.

 

[adz07]

I took the sphagnum out and have managed to dry most her substrate out too leaving her a damp corner the shop I got her from set her up like that but I changed it after reading posts on here

 

[adz07]

The water bowl only has droplets in it

 

[Grammostola in my heart]

doesnt matter. take it out. all it takes is a drop to drown one

 

[adz07]

Ok will do when I get in from work, again shop told me to use it don't think they knew what to do really

 

[MatthewM1]

doesnt matter. take it out. all it takes is a drop to drown one

That greatly depends on the size of the sling. Yes it could be dangerous if ita a little 1/4" sling. I've given slings as small as 3/4" a water dish that's about 1-2mm deep and never had any issues with drowning.

 

[Grammostola in my heart]

just being cautious though