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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mandylydena" data-source="post: 214857" data-attributes="member: 38797">I’m sure this has been covered a thousand times, but I also know there are different answers and opinions on everything. And as a new tarantula owner, just like anything new, I’m always second guessing myself.About a week after getting my E. campestratus sling (approx.1.5”) they stopped eating (this T even ate for me the day they were shipped) and started digging. They are now completely blocked in the two small pieces of cork I put in the deli cup. They are not coming out at all, not even for water. I’m home 24/7 and even if I thought they were coming out at night the dirt isn’t the slightest bit disturbed. They are alive, I picked up the deli and saw them all the way down at the bottom, where they’ve removed all dirt. I assume this is a pre-moult situation, but my question is, should I offer any food at all? They aren’t a pre-killed fan and I don’t want to put anything in there that could bother them. I’m also suspecting they won’t take it if they aren’t coming up at all. I’ve had snakes go all winter not eating, but I still always offered. It’s hard to offer to something that has barricaded the doors, lol.</blockquote>