mastahwankah
Arachnopeon
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- Jan 11, 2019
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My female g. Porteri that seems to always be extremely stressed. She hasn't eaten in about a year (I understand this can be quite normal. I regret to say that I was grossly misinformed about this species water needs when I got her and I didn't give her a water dish. She was fine for several years. She would eat regularly with the exception of fasting a month or two here and there, and would use her hide, was always sprwaled out and relaxed looking. She molted about a year or so ago (the only molted she's ever had while in my care) and ate for a time after molting. Eventually she went into a death curl(from dehydration). While I was about ready to give up on her and thinking that she was just a male at the end of his life, I did more research and realized I was very wrong to not give her a water dish. I gave her a water dish and she drank for a few days and she got much better. No more death curl, could walk normally and everything. We put her back into a new enclosure we got for her. It was pretty much the same as her last set up, just larger and with a water dish this time. She is still completely refusing food and she is curled (not like a death curl, more like she is trying to cover her eyes with her legs to block light) and she barely moves. This last week it seems she is getting worse, with the constant appearance of being stressed. What can I do to bring her out of this funk?
PS. I understand she needs more substrate, I'm just reluctant to mess with her set up right now while she is so stressed
PS. I understand she needs more substrate, I'm just reluctant to mess with her set up right now while she is so stressed