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I received an I. Mira sling a month ago, and about a few days after receiving it, it moulted from 1/2” to 1” (leg span). Since then, it has only eaten once (half a pre-killed mealworm 3 weeks ago), but that was only because I had to rehouse it and it was above the substrate.
I’ve tried to give it some pre-killed mealworms, small live wax worms and live pinhead crickets while it’s under it’s burrow/trapdoor (either by leaving it in front of the hole/trapdoor or rustling it’s hole/trapdoor a little bit), but it always gets spooked by it’s food items. I’ve only recently seen it’s toes stick out a few times, but immediately when food plops down, it hides back into it’s burrow. I’m really worried about it, as it’s abdomen is quite skinny for it’s length.
I’ve heard that they are good eaters, so this behaviour seems to be a bit unusual. I’ve housed it into 5 inches of dry substrate (it has utilized 2.5 inches of it) with a tiny water dish, and the temperature is usually around 22-24 degrees Celsius (24 during the day and 22 during the night). It’s a bit ironic that as an Old World species, it’s more skittish than any of my other New Worlds.
I don’t believe it’s going through pre-moult as it moulted not too long ago. Perhaps I am missing something? What can I do to get it to eat? Raising a baboon/I. Mira sling, have any of you encountered this predicament?
I’ve tried to give it some pre-killed mealworms, small live wax worms and live pinhead crickets while it’s under it’s burrow/trapdoor (either by leaving it in front of the hole/trapdoor or rustling it’s hole/trapdoor a little bit), but it always gets spooked by it’s food items. I’ve only recently seen it’s toes stick out a few times, but immediately when food plops down, it hides back into it’s burrow. I’m really worried about it, as it’s abdomen is quite skinny for it’s length.
I’ve heard that they are good eaters, so this behaviour seems to be a bit unusual. I’ve housed it into 5 inches of dry substrate (it has utilized 2.5 inches of it) with a tiny water dish, and the temperature is usually around 22-24 degrees Celsius (24 during the day and 22 during the night). It’s a bit ironic that as an Old World species, it’s more skittish than any of my other New Worlds.
I don’t believe it’s going through pre-moult as it moulted not too long ago. Perhaps I am missing something? What can I do to get it to eat? Raising a baboon/I. Mira sling, have any of you encountered this predicament?
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