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Over the last five days, I've been trying to nurse my girl back to health. Today she finally died.
Day 1, I found her on the bottom of her enclosure in the death curl next to her (large water dish), gave her an additional water bowl (Gatorade lid). I nudged her towards it and she drank heavily.
Day 2, found her in death curl again. I tried giving an additional small dish in lieu of the big one and spilled the big bowl. I moved her to a smaller "quarantine" enclosurer. I later found her curled and nudged her towards the dish where she drank heavily. At this point, I noticed her legs were twitchy when she tried to move and she could not climb any surfaces.
Day 3&4, continued to find her in death curl and nudged to water dish where she would drink heavily.
Day five, got home and she is gone.
Her abdomen was stuck to the enclosure with hardened fecal matter. When I attempted to clean it off (her abdomen) with a wet q-tip, more came out. I also noticed the hairs around her mouth were hard almost like hardened glue. Water loosened it up pretty quickly though.
-Ive had her for several years
-Last molt was within the last year (I lost my data)
-Enclosure:
>Dry substrate
>Large water dish
-Temps: 74-78
-Diet: Dubia Roaches
-Isolated heated closet
Any clues add to what caused this?
Day 1, I found her on the bottom of her enclosure in the death curl next to her (large water dish), gave her an additional water bowl (Gatorade lid). I nudged her towards it and she drank heavily.
Day 2, found her in death curl again. I tried giving an additional small dish in lieu of the big one and spilled the big bowl. I moved her to a smaller "quarantine" enclosurer. I later found her curled and nudged her towards the dish where she drank heavily. At this point, I noticed her legs were twitchy when she tried to move and she could not climb any surfaces.
Day 3&4, continued to find her in death curl and nudged to water dish where she would drink heavily.
Day five, got home and she is gone.
Her abdomen was stuck to the enclosure with hardened fecal matter. When I attempted to clean it off (her abdomen) with a wet q-tip, more came out. I also noticed the hairs around her mouth were hard almost like hardened glue. Water loosened it up pretty quickly though.
-Ive had her for several years
-Last molt was within the last year (I lost my data)
-Enclosure:
>Dry substrate
>Large water dish
-Temps: 74-78
-Diet: Dubia Roaches
-Isolated heated closet
Any clues add to what caused this?
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