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- Aug 7, 2002
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ive been keeping tarantulas for a year now and with the 20 different specimens that i have im pretty sure i have the basic care and needs down pat.well i got my cousin into tarantulas a few months ago and he quickly got bored of them and gave all his tarantulas to me cause he wasnt taking care of them at all and they havent eaten for like 3 months.there all fine and im fattening them all up but one of them,an adult cobalt blue,is in horribly bad condition.my cousin never fed it or misted its cage for months cuz he "thought it was dead in side its burrow".well mr t has surfaced and he is not looking good.its abdomen is in the most shrunken form i have ever seen on any tarantula.it will not accept prey of any kind.it can barely move but it does stumble around slowly when frightened.and it stumbles.it dosent even walk right.i just aquired it tonight so starting tomorow im going to try everything i can to bring it back to good health.but it seems all hope is lost.what should i do to try and get it to start eating again?it seems to week to even attack prey.i tried to give it some crickets but it just does not accept them.im going to get a pinky tomorow to see if it can make a good meal out of that.any advice you can give me is greatly appreciated.im sorry for the long post.
Tom
Tom