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[Marco93]

Hi,

I tried to see if in this section there was a similar topic but I didn't found it.
I bought a t. Vagans some days a go, and I have a few questions about some behaviour he/she has (let assume is a she), it's only one year old.
The first 3 days she had the wrong environment because there wasn't enough soil in the terrarium so she buried herself behind a wall of dirt and web in a little terracotta pot and she never came out.
We tried to feed some worms but she didn't took them.
Yesterday we changed the enclosure, we putted some more soil (the correct one) a layer of 2,3".
During the night she didn't buried herself in a cave as expected.
Could it be that she was preparing to molt? How can I distinguish this behaviour?

Thanks to everyone

 

[Lawrence b]

It might have well been in premolt if it webbed itself in first enclosure that's one the signs .Best thing to do when they web themselves in leave them alone . But can also be a number of reason have you got a pic of spider and enclosure maybe we can give you a better opinion .

 

[Marco93]

It might have well been in premolt if it webbed itself in first enclosure that's one the signs .Best thing to do when they web themselves in leave them alone . But can also be a number of reason have you got a pic of spider and enclosure maybe we can give you a better opinion .

Yeah, I disturbed her to be fair, I didn't thought about a premolt situation.
I'll make some pics tomorrow morning and I'll post them.
Now she's buried beneath a log, I tried movin a mealworm in front of the hole she digged but she didn't react to that, so I took that away.
Thanks for the kind answer

 

[Marco93]

It might have well been in premolt if it webbed itself in first enclosure that's one the signs .Best thing to do when they web themselves in leave them alone . But can also be a number of reason have you got a pic of spider and enclosure maybe we can give you a better opinion .

Now she's out, she's acting a little bit strange I think, she moved some dirt again but she is not digging deep.
He was all day under the little trunk, now she's on the trunk but moving really little.

 

[Marco93]

And here is a short video.

 

[Lawrence b]

Hi I can not really tell by the pics and the video I can t see . if your T.vagans in premolt but judging by he/she colours maybe she is . Here one of my mine you can see the colour on its rear end .Also what sort of substrate you using ,T.vagans rarely lose the appetite but that could be another sign, but there are exceptions and it might need time to settle in new habitat .

 

[Lawrence b]

Maybe not explained proper above when said could be another sign Tarantulas normal stop eating when they come up to molt .

 

[Marco93]

Thanks Lawrence! I appreciate your help.
I don't have experience to understand which changes the tarantula goes through when she premolt and then molt, reading online didn't gave me more info about that.
Today too I moved a mealworm in front of her and she ran away.
Now she's on top of the water when she drinks it all I'll refill again.
The substrate is a mix of coconut fiber, vermiculite, dry sphagnum and peat.
Now I'll try to upload a better pic

 

[Lawrence b]

Tarantulas need to molt to grow ,slings molt more often because their growth rate . then Juveniles . Then you get subadult - adult which molt once a year unless you have male which has its last molt when it reaches adult .The abdomen will turn dark and the will generally stop eating and barricade themselves in . Sometime the molt out in open lay a web mat down flip themselves over and molt .

 

[Marco93]

Ok...probably she needed to settle down in the new habitat tonight she came out of her burrow and we tried to fed her a mealworm, the first one we offered she attacked but missed and the worm fel on the soil, the second one was firmly grabbed. Amazing