tangoblue37
Arachnosquire
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Hi all, here's a strange one for you,
I think my tarantula is blind. She is a Chilean rose and she seems to only have one eye. I have had her for years and I have just noticed this today while trying (and as usual failing) to get her to eat.
She has always been strange in the sense that no matter what I put in her cage - even food - she will run away from it and she always likes to stay in one very particular corner. I have always found this strange and maybe her being blind would explain it?
I'm worried about her eating pattern just now as well. With her being a Chilean she is very, very good at fasting (she went a year without eating, ate two locusts in one week and hasn't eaten again for another year) but its not the fasting that's got me worried. Just recently she has started running away from EVERYTHING I put in with her: locusts of all sizes, crickets and recently, mealworms, and I mean running, as in the opposite side of the tank and if I don't take it out and it goes near her she will scurry onto the roof of the tank or as far away from the 'food' as possible. Why?
Anyway, thank you for reading my rant and I'm looking forward to reading the replies
---------- Post added 07-10-2013 at 04:33 PM ----------
Sorry, I have just noticed that I say she usually runs away form stuff I put in the tank then say she has just recently started it so I should probably clear that up. She used to just move away from anything I put in the tank but she now RUNS away.
I think my tarantula is blind. She is a Chilean rose and she seems to only have one eye. I have had her for years and I have just noticed this today while trying (and as usual failing) to get her to eat.
She has always been strange in the sense that no matter what I put in her cage - even food - she will run away from it and she always likes to stay in one very particular corner. I have always found this strange and maybe her being blind would explain it?
I'm worried about her eating pattern just now as well. With her being a Chilean she is very, very good at fasting (she went a year without eating, ate two locusts in one week and hasn't eaten again for another year) but its not the fasting that's got me worried. Just recently she has started running away from EVERYTHING I put in with her: locusts of all sizes, crickets and recently, mealworms, and I mean running, as in the opposite side of the tank and if I don't take it out and it goes near her she will scurry onto the roof of the tank or as far away from the 'food' as possible. Why?
Anyway, thank you for reading my rant and I'm looking forward to reading the replies
---------- Post added 07-10-2013 at 04:33 PM ----------
Sorry, I have just noticed that I say she usually runs away form stuff I put in the tank then say she has just recently started it so I should probably clear that up. She used to just move away from anything I put in the tank but she now RUNS away.
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