The Minataur
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Apr 13, 2016
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- 3
Hello!
I'm pretty new here, but I've been keeping a handful of Ts for a few years now (A. Seemani, A. Metallica, G. Rosea, B. Vagans). I'm seeing some (to me) inexplicable behavior from the A. Seemanni and I was hoping that maybe someone here could help me out.
She stopped eating for a few weeks after we moved to a new house so we moved her to a new enclosure. She ate once that I know of after that but her abdomen has shrunken considerably. Two or three weeks ago, I observed her "tap dancing" at prey if it got close. This has happened at every feed for the last couple of weeks. Today she didn't seem to be able to control her movements at all. All of her legs would jerk and move and she had her bedding clutched as if she was trying to lift the substrate and silk mat (she always webs up everything) with her fangs.
I put her in ICU and now she is just sitting with her knees tucked up over her head.
There doesn't seem to be much else I can do. I'm starting to wonder if "she" is actually a male at the end of his life (The abdomen of the two molts "she's" had have been completely destroyed in the molting process. My notion of the sex is based on what the seller told me.).
Does this behavior sound familiar to anyone? Is there anything else I can do?
I'm pretty new here, but I've been keeping a handful of Ts for a few years now (A. Seemani, A. Metallica, G. Rosea, B. Vagans). I'm seeing some (to me) inexplicable behavior from the A. Seemanni and I was hoping that maybe someone here could help me out.
She stopped eating for a few weeks after we moved to a new house so we moved her to a new enclosure. She ate once that I know of after that but her abdomen has shrunken considerably. Two or three weeks ago, I observed her "tap dancing" at prey if it got close. This has happened at every feed for the last couple of weeks. Today she didn't seem to be able to control her movements at all. All of her legs would jerk and move and she had her bedding clutched as if she was trying to lift the substrate and silk mat (she always webs up everything) with her fangs.
I put her in ICU and now she is just sitting with her knees tucked up over her head.
There doesn't seem to be much else I can do. I'm starting to wonder if "she" is actually a male at the end of his life (The abdomen of the two molts "she's" had have been completely destroyed in the molting process. My notion of the sex is based on what the seller told me.).
Does this behavior sound familiar to anyone? Is there anything else I can do?