Big Orange, my OBT, was a burrower and the time came and went to transfer (what looks to be a 'her') to a new enclosure. However, the way I did this was strange and definatly not how I planned it, and I was wondering if anyone else has had the same experience with burrowers.
Being that 'she' was down in her hole, I was going to weasle a straw through the substrate and poke at the back of the burrow and try to con her into coming out and into the catch cup I had over the entrance. After a few feeble attempts at this, I decided to just carefully try and dig the burrow up without loosing my face to a blur of orange fur and fangs.
The strange part, and the part that I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced, was when I was tugging on the webbing near the entrance...the ENTIRE burrow came right out of the ground like a big web, dirt covered sock...spider in the bottom and all!
After realizing what was going on I just put the entire burrow in the new enclosure, and she came bolting straight out - I plucked the uprooted burrow out and promptly closed the door. Done deal. Haha..so yes, has anyone ever had this happen while doing a transfer or uprooting of a burrowed T?
Being that 'she' was down in her hole, I was going to weasle a straw through the substrate and poke at the back of the burrow and try to con her into coming out and into the catch cup I had over the entrance. After a few feeble attempts at this, I decided to just carefully try and dig the burrow up without loosing my face to a blur of orange fur and fangs.
The strange part, and the part that I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced, was when I was tugging on the webbing near the entrance...the ENTIRE burrow came right out of the ground like a big web, dirt covered sock...spider in the bottom and all!
After realizing what was going on I just put the entire burrow in the new enclosure, and she came bolting straight out - I plucked the uprooted burrow out and promptly closed the door. Done deal. Haha..so yes, has anyone ever had this happen while doing a transfer or uprooting of a burrowed T?