Dave Marschang
Arachnoknight
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- Nov 5, 2014
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Well one of the A.metallica appears to have died yesterday.
she has looked rough for awhile, like she needed to molt.
for two days she was curled up on the floor of her tank but, everytime you looked she was curled up in a different spot, not really curled either but legs drawn in tight like a furry little ball. I checked on her yesterday morning and she was behind a plant in a deathcurl (belly down and legs actually curled underneath her this time. I prodded with a paintbrush and no reaction, so I gently moved her where the abdomen could be seen (her body was stiff)and left her alone.
24 hours later no change. still curled, still stiff, but her abdomen still looks tight and and feels firm to touch.
I don't know if shes actually dead or one of those tarantulas that look dead before a molt.
its a planted tank with lots of live plants and leaf litter so the humidity in the tank should be high enough to help speed along either a molt or decay of a dead body.
I honestly expected some sort of change already. we will see what happens.
she has looked rough for awhile, like she needed to molt.
for two days she was curled up on the floor of her tank but, everytime you looked she was curled up in a different spot, not really curled either but legs drawn in tight like a furry little ball. I checked on her yesterday morning and she was behind a plant in a deathcurl (belly down and legs actually curled underneath her this time. I prodded with a paintbrush and no reaction, so I gently moved her where the abdomen could be seen (her body was stiff)and left her alone.
24 hours later no change. still curled, still stiff, but her abdomen still looks tight and and feels firm to touch.
I don't know if shes actually dead or one of those tarantulas that look dead before a molt.
its a planted tank with lots of live plants and leaf litter so the humidity in the tank should be high enough to help speed along either a molt or decay of a dead body.
I honestly expected some sort of change already. we will see what happens.