Ephebopus murinus

[Kirdec]

heya all ...

I rehoused my Ephebopus murinus maybe 1 month and half ago, and I prepared her a nice pre-made burrow ... did'nt offer other hide as they're bull dozer, but she did something that I cannot understand about 3 week,s ago

she went out of its burrow, to build a little .... hole, and she hide there ... in a corner of the tank, in just a little hole in the substrate, very bad hide

im wondering why she left its nice and deep burrow for a very poor hide

Maybe theres a problem with the pre-made burrow ?

heres its burrrow that I started for her I tought she was gona continu it

[Kirdec]

[Kirdec]

i've got an idea ... maybe the burrow in vertical is just not good for this terrestial specie

[Adam Walters]

Are there any environmental differences where the new burrow is, when compared with the original;

Distance from the original?
Differences in temp/humidity?
Diameter?
Light intensity?
How else does the new burrow differ?


Who knows, perhaps she(?) just fancied a change of scenery

[Kirdec]

the only other possibility I can see is the light density, because the burrow is on the wall, but I think that my idea on the vertical burrow got sens


distance from each hide, 30 cm ...

[Adam Walters]

but I think that my idea on the vertical burrow got sens

True, it is perhaps easier to crawl in and out with a slight incline than a vertical. It's probably safer too, if the burrow were to collapse.

[sarah Smith]

I would not worry to much about it my blue fang did the same thing but in time decided to use the burrow. I would personally have the burrow at a slant though as this genus ( well the ones I have) seem to prefer this burrow type. I found that mine also prefer their burrows to be round entrances, I started my first pre made burrow off like you have and it got rejected. Now days I get a couple of biro pens and use them to create the burrow by putting the peat around them tightly so it wont move or colapse. I use about a 45 degree angle with the pens to create the burrow and I take it right down to the bottom of the tank.