Riska
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Jan 10, 2017
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- 4
I AM SO SORRY THIS IS SO LONG. This is my first T and I have had her for three days and we already had an incident. PLEASE ADVISE. I feel like the WORST!
I have a young chaco I recently took off a breeder at Repticon who was trying to downsize. During my move, her cage did not fall, but it sustained a quick jerking motion that could have caused her to fall off the top (she likes to cling to the sides). I quickly checked on her, she looked fine, phew. I have a lot of substrate in her cage for digging (she has not) so the fall wouldn't be more than 3 inches or so. But I am more worried about possible FORCE than distance.
When I arrived home (hour drive), I noticed her mouth area was all wet along with a little of the substrate around her. Assuming the worst, I fear internal damage (nothing outwardly injured) because I know how fragile their bodies are. She walked herself to the corner of her cage and laid down. Meanwhile, I'm researching T ICUs and if it's appropriate for me to do or not. I checked back on her and thought she had passed. Gently, I prodded her back leg. She reacted (yay, not dead, but now I disturbed her during recovery >x<) and walked across the cage (walked well) and crawled back to her normal spot on the side of the cage. She had another droplet on her mouth... along with a small trail of white and clear droplets on the substrate where she walked (pic below). I have not observed anymore "leaking" since she the last observation.
From "fall" to present it has been about three hours. Should I setup an ICU? I do not want to move her if I do not have to. I have water in her cage.
Extra info: she was extremely dehydrated from her previous owner. When I setup her cage and added a water dish, she walked over and drank straight from it for a solid 10m. This might not matter, but this was Sunday. I fed her crickets the following day (Monday, yesterday) and she ate well.
Here she is presently:
I have a young chaco I recently took off a breeder at Repticon who was trying to downsize. During my move, her cage did not fall, but it sustained a quick jerking motion that could have caused her to fall off the top (she likes to cling to the sides). I quickly checked on her, she looked fine, phew. I have a lot of substrate in her cage for digging (she has not) so the fall wouldn't be more than 3 inches or so. But I am more worried about possible FORCE than distance.
When I arrived home (hour drive), I noticed her mouth area was all wet along with a little of the substrate around her. Assuming the worst, I fear internal damage (nothing outwardly injured) because I know how fragile their bodies are. She walked herself to the corner of her cage and laid down. Meanwhile, I'm researching T ICUs and if it's appropriate for me to do or not. I checked back on her and thought she had passed. Gently, I prodded her back leg. She reacted (yay, not dead, but now I disturbed her during recovery >x<) and walked across the cage (walked well) and crawled back to her normal spot on the side of the cage. She had another droplet on her mouth... along with a small trail of white and clear droplets on the substrate where she walked (pic below). I have not observed anymore "leaking" since she the last observation.
From "fall" to present it has been about three hours. Should I setup an ICU? I do not want to move her if I do not have to. I have water in her cage.
Extra info: she was extremely dehydrated from her previous owner. When I setup her cage and added a water dish, she walked over and drank straight from it for a solid 10m. This might not matter, but this was Sunday. I fed her crickets the following day (Monday, yesterday) and she ate well.
Here she is presently: