TeddyBearTarantula
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I have a B hamorii in premolt, her abdo is completely dark and shiny. Today I was doing maintenance when I realised her enclosure was showing significant amounts of mold and looked generally rank. I think the humidity was a bit too high and I noticed because I was looking at it through a magnified lense and what I thought were grains in the substrate was in fact something rooting with greens/white fungus stuff at the top! Also I noticed mangy cricket debris that wasn’t visible to the naked eye so I think this may have been the catalyst for the mold.
Because the sling is only 1cm it seemed easier and more logical to set her a new deli cup up, so I could also give her a drier environment/less humidity. When I put her back in she was a little stressed and went to climb the wall, she slip and did a head first roly poly, landed on her back and struggled to flip back over, I felt so bad for her.
She is walking around and seems intact after the fall, she was clearly waddling and struggling to grip when climbing, likely being so close to molt, but all she’s done since is sit on the damp side of the enclosure and not gone back under her leaf.
I’m really worried I’ve traumatised her, she’s only a dinky but I love her, she is so cute.
Do you think she will be okay and recover from this? I regret my decision to change her home now, I’m worried I’ve caused an issue. I’ve attached a photo of her that I took after her fall.
Any advice and opinions are always welcome.
Thank you
A very worried spider mummy
Because the sling is only 1cm it seemed easier and more logical to set her a new deli cup up, so I could also give her a drier environment/less humidity. When I put her back in she was a little stressed and went to climb the wall, she slip and did a head first roly poly, landed on her back and struggled to flip back over, I felt so bad for her.
She is walking around and seems intact after the fall, she was clearly waddling and struggling to grip when climbing, likely being so close to molt, but all she’s done since is sit on the damp side of the enclosure and not gone back under her leaf.
I’m really worried I’ve traumatised her, she’s only a dinky but I love her, she is so cute.
Do you think she will be okay and recover from this? I regret my decision to change her home now, I’m worried I’ve caused an issue. I’ve attached a photo of her that I took after her fall.
Any advice and opinions are always welcome.
Thank you
A very worried spider mummy
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