Mysterious Death

[YagerManJennsen]

I knew something was up when I smelled the faint scent of death. I examined my 8 legged children and found one of my A. metallica girls dead. She molted, which seems odd to me since it has only been 6 months or so since her last molt and she is full grown. The old exo is resting on top of her big driftwood stick. I'm thinking she may have molted ad fallen down to her death.

I have always been worried about this one, she almost never ate anything and has looked kinda rough since I got her in September 2016. Pictures will come soon.

 

[Venom1080]

That's very possible. Did you mate her recently?

Unfortunately, @cold blood has some experience with this.

 

[YagerManJennsen]

That's very possible. Did you mate her recently?

Unfortunately, @cold blood has some experience with this.

Not recently, I tried pairing her with a male about a year ago but she wasn't interested.

 

[Venom1080]

Not recently, I tried pairing her with a male about a year ago but she wasn't interested.

Yeah sorry, no idea.

 

[YagerManJennsen]

Pictures:

 

[BC1579]

Well that sucks. I’m sorry.

 

[cold blood]

Well I did have a MF cambridgei roll off the wood while molting...she ended up all twisted up...very sad...could have happened here.

molt gone horribly wrong:(

• cold blood
• Jan 30, 2017
• 7
• cambridgei psalmopoeus psalmopoeus cambridgei trinidad chevron tarantula

molt gone horribly wrong:(

 

[YagerManJennsen]

One thing I'm not sure about though. The T was laying fangs up and a good 6-7 inches away from the stick. If she fell I don't think she died instantly.

 

[YagerManJennsen]

Forgot to mention she was a wild caught T

 

[14pokies]

I knew something was up when I smelled the faint scent of death. I examined my 8 legged children and found one of my A. metallica girls dead. She molted, which seems odd to me since it has only been 6 months or so since her last molt and she is full grown. The old exo is resting on top of her big driftwood stick. I'm thinking she may have molted ad fallen down to her death.

I have always been worried about this one, she almost never ate anything and has looked kinda rough since I got her in September 2016. Pictures will come soon.

I lost an adult female A.geroldi in a similar fashion as yours.. She had molted 3 months prior..She seemed fine after her molt.. Something had to of been wrong internally though. She molted again last month after only 3 months ( it's probably worth adding that this female had been molting about every 18 months or so for the last three years) .. I found her dead an inch away from her molt.. No death curl and still very plump.. It was like she molted early to try and repair herself but it didn't help..


Yours may have fallen or it could of had internal molting issues..

 

[cold blood]

If she fell I don't think she died instantly

The only way a fall would cause instant death is if it was either immediately eaten by a predator or it fell into a running blender.

 

[YagerManJennsen]

The only way a fall would cause instant death is if it was either immediately eaten by a predator or it fell into a running blender.

good to know.