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Usually I'm not easily worried when it comes to my T's, since I've experienced quite some up and downs over the time I've spent in the hobby by now. But today I'm seriously worried:
As you know, my big A. geniculata female molted some weeks ago. A couple weeks after she did, I figured I'd see if she'd be willing to eat and she hungrily jumped on the big sized locust. Over the time, she ate 3 of them size I wanted to give her some start to get her rump back to normal.
She had the last one a week ago. Today, I wake up and check on my T's and see her flailing her legs through the air, fallen onto her back and not able to get back up. So, open cage, get tongs and help her gently to turn around. She didn't threaten, didn't flick, didn't try to bite - which is seriously ODD for her. Not to mention that she moved veeeeeery slowly. Decided to get a good look at her and got her into a catchcup (and she didn't walk at all, I literally had to gently move her into it with my tongs.. ) hence but couldn't find anything wrong with her on the outside. Sat her down on the bed and she didn't even want to move curling her legpair IV as if she had no pressure.
So, had her sitting there, went to clean her cage some, change and clean waterbowel, then put her back in. I'm not kidding when I say I could've just picked her up with my bare hands today and she wouldn't have done anything. And that, above all else, has me worried. She behaves suddenly as if she's totally week, loses hydraulic pressure, that kind of stuff. 2 days ago, she would've eaten my face if I got that close even with the tongs!
Nothing has changed since she molted, same cage, no fumes, and my A. azuraklaasi ate a locust from the same batch and is just fine. I have no idea what to do...I'm hoping it's nothing serious and she gets better from whatever this is, so I just leave her be but man....I REALLY hope I don't lose that girl!
As you know, my big A. geniculata female molted some weeks ago. A couple weeks after she did, I figured I'd see if she'd be willing to eat and she hungrily jumped on the big sized locust. Over the time, she ate 3 of them size I wanted to give her some start to get her rump back to normal.
She had the last one a week ago. Today, I wake up and check on my T's and see her flailing her legs through the air, fallen onto her back and not able to get back up. So, open cage, get tongs and help her gently to turn around. She didn't threaten, didn't flick, didn't try to bite - which is seriously ODD for her. Not to mention that she moved veeeeeery slowly. Decided to get a good look at her and got her into a catchcup (and she didn't walk at all, I literally had to gently move her into it with my tongs.. ) hence but couldn't find anything wrong with her on the outside. Sat her down on the bed and she didn't even want to move curling her legpair IV as if she had no pressure.
So, had her sitting there, went to clean her cage some, change and clean waterbowel, then put her back in. I'm not kidding when I say I could've just picked her up with my bare hands today and she wouldn't have done anything. And that, above all else, has me worried. She behaves suddenly as if she's totally week, loses hydraulic pressure, that kind of stuff. 2 days ago, she would've eaten my face if I got that close even with the tongs!
Nothing has changed since she molted, same cage, no fumes, and my A. azuraklaasi ate a locust from the same batch and is just fine. I have no idea what to do...I'm hoping it's nothing serious and she gets better from whatever this is, so I just leave her be but man....I REALLY hope I don't lose that girl!