would a trantulas burrow collapse?

[Daniel Richardson]

Has anyone ever known of a burrow collapsing? i thought my spider was going to moult because it was digging and preparing its burrow for hours,then it went in last week and i did'nt see it for days then it started coming out at about 10'o'clock,maybe it looked a little bigger i dont know then about 2 day's ago i came down in the morning and there is no entrance to the burrow now.its been there 2 or 3 days,will it be able to breath? would it be able to dig itself out? its only small at about 4 or 5cm and my first B.Smithi. its also been very shy since i got it 3 weeks today. any advice anyone?

[Phil Rea]

Burrows can certainly collapse, but the spider will just dig itself out

Your spider may have sealed itself in to prepare for a moult, or maybe it just doesn't want to be disturbed

[Ian Hall]

I'm glad I can shed some light on this subject.

My Grammostola sp "Concepicon" made a deep burrow about 6 inches into the substrate which reached the bottom of her enclosure I believe she would have kept going if she could.

Anyways only a couple of days ago it collapsed, with her inside? I don't know. It didn't seem to phase her tho. She started digging again the next day.

[Ian Hall]

I'm glad I can shed some light on this subject.

My Grammostola sp "Concepicon" made a deep burrow about 6 inches into the substrate which reached the bottom of her enclosure I believe she would have kept going if she could.

Anyways only a couple of days ago it collapsed, with her inside? I don't know. It didn't seem to phase her tho. She started digging again the next day.

[ty sinclair]

Hi

Whenever my b.vagan was only 2-3cm it used to dig into the soil but never made a burrow just kept digging while the soil used to close over behind. Sometimes I would search for her cause I was afraid she was dead,nxt minute you would c ting legs popping out of the soil. So I am sure they can breath. I have a hapopelma minax and her burrow would collapse on her alot but it is only the entrance that collapes,maybe cause she doesn't put enough web to hold it. Hope this helps