Pokie11
Arachnosquire
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- Jul 19, 2017
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Hello guys. Few months ago I decided to get my first Pokie (P. ornata), because I felt pretty confident, and I thought I had experience with arboreals (Avic, Psalmos, Tapis). She was really feisty all the time, and molted two times in my care. But, after her last molt (27th November) she wasn't eating that good as before. She completely stopped eating three weeks ago, and I assumed she is in premolt again, and stopped feeding her. I kept her waterdish full, and aprox. half of her substrate slightly moist, so she could have enough moisture.
Two days ago, I came home, and saw her in weird pose, which looked kinda like upright molting, so I left her molt peacefully. But yesterday I came home and saw that she hasn't made any progress, her legs were bend under her, but not really a death curl. I decided to carefully put her in ICU, as one if her leg was still slightly moving, and she wasn't completely dead. I checked on her today, and I think she passed away, because here was no movement whatsoever, and she was kinda stiff.
I flipped her, and noticed that there is something weird on her fangs and around mouth. I checked it with my currency microscope, and it looks like spider feces. No parasites or nematodes.
Do you have any ideas what I did wrong?? I don't want anything like this to happen again. I have never had a single death in three years I keep Ts, and I feel little disappointed after thins incident.
This is photo of her, when I flipped her today. She is dead, no movement, and she is stiff. I can post photo if enclosure later, when I come home, but it is same setup I keep all my arboreals in and I never had problem with it. Thanks for your responses. I feel really sad about this, cause she was my first Pokie, and I was really excited, when I got her.
Two days ago, I came home, and saw her in weird pose, which looked kinda like upright molting, so I left her molt peacefully. But yesterday I came home and saw that she hasn't made any progress, her legs were bend under her, but not really a death curl. I decided to carefully put her in ICU, as one if her leg was still slightly moving, and she wasn't completely dead. I checked on her today, and I think she passed away, because here was no movement whatsoever, and she was kinda stiff.
I flipped her, and noticed that there is something weird on her fangs and around mouth. I checked it with my currency microscope, and it looks like spider feces. No parasites or nematodes.
Do you have any ideas what I did wrong?? I don't want anything like this to happen again. I have never had a single death in three years I keep Ts, and I feel little disappointed after thins incident.
This is photo of her, when I flipped her today. She is dead, no movement, and she is stiff. I can post photo if enclosure later, when I come home, but it is same setup I keep all my arboreals in and I never had problem with it. Thanks for your responses. I feel really sad about this, cause she was my first Pokie, and I was really excited, when I got her.
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