Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:25 pm Post subject: Tarantula Burrow Pictures
Thought a post exclusively for burrow pics would be helpful to those of us with limited experience spotting them. Anyone with good T burrow pics, please post em all... _________________ Reptile Rescue Orange County
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This is what a trap door looks like
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Warren: how do you know that round hole is a T burrow and not something else? (And no wisecracks from the peanut gallery!) We can see webbing in the other pix, but not that one. _________________ "Tarantulas are friends, not food" (but I bet they taste pretty good with butter and lemon!)
Actually, now that I'm on my home computer I can see the slight bit of webbing around the edge of the hole (in Warren's first picture). _________________ "Tarantulas are friends, not food" (but I bet they taste pretty good with butter and lemon!)
Just out of curiosity, how do you go about coaxing a T out of its burrow once you find it? _________________ "Paranoia driving me insane; Paranoia ripping through my brain; Paranoia making me believe; Paranoia, that somebody's after me!"
Good question, Ive seen it done with a long blade of grass, kinda tickling the webbing around the entrance.. Ive never done though, I bet our buddy Warren could tell us... _________________ Reptile Rescue Orange County
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I've personally tried the flooding and teasing methods, but without success.
The first time, I was able to see the Ts legs a few inches into the hole after flooding it, then I teased it with a stick and almost got it to surface, but I think I knocked over something and then the T ran back into the hole and didn't come back up.
The second time around, I found another burrow and nothing happened after flooding it. About 20 minutes later, I went back to it and saw a T at the entrance. As I walked closer toward it, it went back inside so I tried teasing it and it grabbed the stick I was using and pulled a good bit of it into the hole. After a few seconds, it gave up and went into hiding. _________________ My Facebook | My MySpace
If its a very dry soil your not going to get much out of it with flooding except to see legs, but then you'll find out if anybody is home, as for the teasing method you can get lucky and coax them out, I use a kabob squor(?) long metal spike thingy, that I try to got thru the soil at an angle behind the T once it close to the entrace to stop it from retreating.
And last resort if you plan on keeping it is to dig them out. _________________ “Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself.”
If its a very dry soil your not going to get much out of it with flooding except to see legs, but then you'll find out if anybody is home, as for the teasing method you can get lucky and coax them out, I use a kabob squor(?) long metal spike thingy, that I try to got thru the soil at an angle behind the T once it close to the entrace to stop it from retreating.
And last resort if you plan on keeping it is to dig them out.
Never thought of trying to get back behind the t, I've never had any success with flooding or teasing. Digging has always been most effective for me, but I hate doing it for risk of injuring the t. Plus I probably dont know how to coax right ::lol::
I have coaxed tarantulas out of there burrows before with a little stick pretending im a meal on her trip wite. When i did this and she came out then I quickly cover up the hole with a lid off the jar I had, and then I feel bad when I see how Franticly the spider tries to find its hole...And end up not catching them
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nice finds though 
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