My spider has dug down to the bottom of the tank and has made walls around himself like huge dams! He's roughly around 3 inches including his legs. He's also dug under the substrate to make himself a place to hide. He never comes up to the surface (maybe at night when I'm in bed he does as some days he's done more landscaping) but I never see him out. When I feed him I have to use a straw to encourage the cricket to where the spider is hiding and he eats it like there is no tomorrow. Will he come out more when he's older?

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probably. I got a B. vagans from Athravan recently. It spent 2 weeks in it's hide before venturing out at all !. I see it nearly every evening now. Very quick and a great appetite.
I open the lid and it runs for cover. I put in a cricket. The spider dashes out catches the cricket and runs back all in the space of a second.

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B. vagans are a burrowing species.. Well, obligate burrowers. Provide deep enough substrate and an adequate hide and they take to it. It's a good thing! Means she's settled
I wouldn't bother shoving crickets down with a straw. Chuck them in the tank and leave them. Chances are she comes out at night and will catch food then. If you shoved a cricket down and she was moulting down there, you'd probably end up with a spider being munched on.

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B.Vagans, like a couple of Brachy species are pet holes

It will likely have a wander about but will more than likely be when your in bed.

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