Abyssmu
Arachnopeon
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I got my A. seemanni at the end of October. This is my first and only T. I set it up in a Kritter Keeper with a water dish and a small hide. I do not remember which substrate is in with it, but it can be seen in the pictures. I'd say it started burrowing after about 6-7 weeks. It was a bit before Christmas.
Was doing well up until ~3.5 weeks ago, it stopped eating. I tried again the next week to no avail. I let it be the next week. I was doing some research on it and learned that I had too little substrate in the keeper. So I cleaned out it's tank on the 29th of Jan and added more substrate. (Side note: I still think I don't have enough, but it's all I had and I don't want to disturb it right now)
I know that fasting is a sign of an impending molt, but I don't see any other signs (shiny abdomen, reclusivity, etc.).
The pictures of me holding it are from then. I know holding is pretty taboo, but I have never held a T before, and really wanted to do it. I also wanted to try and get some up close pictures to try and sex it from visual cues (despite not being 100% accurate, I want an idea until it molts). Anyway, I figured holding it would stress it out a little bit, but that is why I did not feed it last week and tried this week.
Wednesdays or Thursdays are feeding days. I tried again yesterday with no success. Up until today, it had been in its hide the whole time and appeared to have its legs spread comfortably. Poor thing is definitely stressed again, though. Sitting outside of its hide with its legs brought in currently. Before I put it away, I took some more pictures of it. I thought its abdomen looked a little smaller than it did last week. It's not shriveled or anything, but does look a bit smaller. It could be me being overly concerned and just seeing things, but that is why I took pictures.
I also took pictures of the room that it is kept in and the surrounding area to give an image of the type of traffic that it sees. Over the past week, especially the past couple days, I have tried to really limit the traffic to the room. It is impossible to get rid of the noises outside the door due to the bathroom and our room being right next to it. The cats also play outside the door causing a ruckus. No meowing or shrieking, just some banging around. Occasionally hitting the doors. I have been in there somewhat frequently in the past weeks. I've been organizing and cleaning (no chemicals are allowed in the room as its where we keep all our reptiles as well). I had also been working on getting the plants setup and a few things planted (stupidly decided to do it in the apartment but didn't want to be that awkward guy out on the sidewalk planting stuff). So I vacuumed in there a couple times a few days ago. I'm sure that definitely did not help.
I know Ts are very hardy and can handle a lot, and can also go for quite awhile without feeding. The only reason I am starting this thread is due to me thinking the abdomen has shrunk a little. I'm fairly certain most of my husbandry has been on point.
Temps: 75+ (no heat lamps or pads or anything)
Humid: 40+ in the room. I keep the water dish filled by pouring water over the top of the keeper to let it rain down, and soak the substrate as well as fill the dish.
Dish: Cleaned every 2-3 weeks usually. Was every couple of days because it always filled it with substrate... Gave up on that.
Noise: Probably a little loud, but I've been really trying to cut it all back the past few days to help.
Light: The room has windows and gets decent daylight throughout the day and direct sunlight for about 3-4 hours in the evening. It is also illuminated by the lamp (it's for the plants) that does not shine directly on the T. Pretty sure the lamp is on a 14h timer from 6am to 8pm. At night, the only light is a red heat lamp for the ball python above it. So no light really goes in the keeper.
Even if it's not losing weight, I do want to work on getting it less stressed. I have already noted the less noise. I was thinking about adding some black poster board to three of the sides as with the large tank above that keeps a ball python. I also have plans to upgrade it to a better keeper later on. I saw a nice tutorial on how to turn a plastic display case into a very nice one. I don't want to move it until I get this figured out. So that will probably be a month or so from now.
Approximately how long do you guys think I should leave it alone for? It hasn't eaten in 23 days. As can be seen in the last picture. I like to keep track of feedings and sheds and growth. I go in the room at least once a day to check on everybody and the plants. So I keep a diligent eye on the T.
I know I just wrote a book here, but I wanted to paint the clearest picture I could so that I can get everything addressed. If you did read it all, thanks. I'd appreciate any input on this. Thanks!
Was doing well up until ~3.5 weeks ago, it stopped eating. I tried again the next week to no avail. I let it be the next week. I was doing some research on it and learned that I had too little substrate in the keeper. So I cleaned out it's tank on the 29th of Jan and added more substrate. (Side note: I still think I don't have enough, but it's all I had and I don't want to disturb it right now)
I know that fasting is a sign of an impending molt, but I don't see any other signs (shiny abdomen, reclusivity, etc.).
The pictures of me holding it are from then. I know holding is pretty taboo, but I have never held a T before, and really wanted to do it. I also wanted to try and get some up close pictures to try and sex it from visual cues (despite not being 100% accurate, I want an idea until it molts). Anyway, I figured holding it would stress it out a little bit, but that is why I did not feed it last week and tried this week.
Wednesdays or Thursdays are feeding days. I tried again yesterday with no success. Up until today, it had been in its hide the whole time and appeared to have its legs spread comfortably. Poor thing is definitely stressed again, though. Sitting outside of its hide with its legs brought in currently. Before I put it away, I took some more pictures of it. I thought its abdomen looked a little smaller than it did last week. It's not shriveled or anything, but does look a bit smaller. It could be me being overly concerned and just seeing things, but that is why I took pictures.
I also took pictures of the room that it is kept in and the surrounding area to give an image of the type of traffic that it sees. Over the past week, especially the past couple days, I have tried to really limit the traffic to the room. It is impossible to get rid of the noises outside the door due to the bathroom and our room being right next to it. The cats also play outside the door causing a ruckus. No meowing or shrieking, just some banging around. Occasionally hitting the doors. I have been in there somewhat frequently in the past weeks. I've been organizing and cleaning (no chemicals are allowed in the room as its where we keep all our reptiles as well). I had also been working on getting the plants setup and a few things planted (stupidly decided to do it in the apartment but didn't want to be that awkward guy out on the sidewalk planting stuff). So I vacuumed in there a couple times a few days ago. I'm sure that definitely did not help.
I know Ts are very hardy and can handle a lot, and can also go for quite awhile without feeding. The only reason I am starting this thread is due to me thinking the abdomen has shrunk a little. I'm fairly certain most of my husbandry has been on point.
Temps: 75+ (no heat lamps or pads or anything)
Humid: 40+ in the room. I keep the water dish filled by pouring water over the top of the keeper to let it rain down, and soak the substrate as well as fill the dish.
Dish: Cleaned every 2-3 weeks usually. Was every couple of days because it always filled it with substrate... Gave up on that.
Noise: Probably a little loud, but I've been really trying to cut it all back the past few days to help.
Light: The room has windows and gets decent daylight throughout the day and direct sunlight for about 3-4 hours in the evening. It is also illuminated by the lamp (it's for the plants) that does not shine directly on the T. Pretty sure the lamp is on a 14h timer from 6am to 8pm. At night, the only light is a red heat lamp for the ball python above it. So no light really goes in the keeper.
Even if it's not losing weight, I do want to work on getting it less stressed. I have already noted the less noise. I was thinking about adding some black poster board to three of the sides as with the large tank above that keeps a ball python. I also have plans to upgrade it to a better keeper later on. I saw a nice tutorial on how to turn a plastic display case into a very nice one. I don't want to move it until I get this figured out. So that will probably be a month or so from now.
Approximately how long do you guys think I should leave it alone for? It hasn't eaten in 23 days. As can be seen in the last picture. I like to keep track of feedings and sheds and growth. I go in the room at least once a day to check on everybody and the plants. So I keep a diligent eye on the T.
I know I just wrote a book here, but I wanted to paint the clearest picture I could so that I can get everything addressed. If you did read it all, thanks. I'd appreciate any input on this. Thanks!
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