Casandra333
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I don't know if I'm about to lose my Rose Hair T or if she's in the process of having the longest molt ever!
Rosey is about 15+ years old (purchased full grown 14 years ago) and had NOT molted in about 6 years. To my surprise, she molted had a successful molt about 2-3 months ago! Fast-forward to about a week ago and she started to act odd. I found her upright in, what appeared to be, a partial death curl. She's well hydrated and, other than the slight curl of her legs, looks GREAT. In any other circumstance, I would have just left her alone and figured she was going into a molt, but seeing that she had JUST molted after 6 years of nothing I figured there was NO WAY she'd molt again so soon and she must be dying of old age. I decided to change her tank to see if the moisture of the new substrate would help. When I nudged her and put her into a tupperware while I did the tank change she acted like she had DKS (which I'm NOW thinking was not really what was going on)...
A couple days went by and just let her be figuring that if this was the end, that she had a good run. Two days ago I found Rosey upside in a molting position! Heck-to-the-yes!!! Unfortunately, I had startled her by looking in her log hideout with a flashlight (thinking she was dead) and feel that I might have caused her too much stress! It's been 54 hours or so and she's in the death curl position (upside down). There's an occasional twitch of a leg, but that is it. I can't tell if she broke out of her carapace and I'm too afraid to move her to look.
In hindsight, I think her DKS symptoms may have been her body getting ready for molting and me <messing> with her while her skin was stiffened. I hate that I may have caused her so much stress, regardless if it was DKS or possible molting that made her act strange.
Anyway, my ultimate question is IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO? Should I check to see if she's cracked her carapace at all and try to assist? Do I just keep waiting?
Rosey is about 15+ years old (purchased full grown 14 years ago) and had NOT molted in about 6 years. To my surprise, she molted had a successful molt about 2-3 months ago! Fast-forward to about a week ago and she started to act odd. I found her upright in, what appeared to be, a partial death curl. She's well hydrated and, other than the slight curl of her legs, looks GREAT. In any other circumstance, I would have just left her alone and figured she was going into a molt, but seeing that she had JUST molted after 6 years of nothing I figured there was NO WAY she'd molt again so soon and she must be dying of old age. I decided to change her tank to see if the moisture of the new substrate would help. When I nudged her and put her into a tupperware while I did the tank change she acted like she had DKS (which I'm NOW thinking was not really what was going on)...
A couple days went by and just let her be figuring that if this was the end, that she had a good run. Two days ago I found Rosey upside in a molting position! Heck-to-the-yes!!! Unfortunately, I had startled her by looking in her log hideout with a flashlight (thinking she was dead) and feel that I might have caused her too much stress! It's been 54 hours or so and she's in the death curl position (upside down). There's an occasional twitch of a leg, but that is it. I can't tell if she broke out of her carapace and I'm too afraid to move her to look.
In hindsight, I think her DKS symptoms may have been her body getting ready for molting and me <messing> with her while her skin was stiffened. I hate that I may have caused her so much stress, regardless if it was DKS or possible molting that made her act strange.
Anyway, my ultimate question is IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO? Should I check to see if she's cracked her carapace at all and try to assist? Do I just keep waiting?
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