Hello all,
This is one of 6 tarantulas I ordered by mail. I will admit I didn't inspect closely upon initial unpacking, I was looking for signs of a death curl or transit molt and was greeted by lively spiders, friendly at that...no threat poses or hairs kicked, which is not bad considering 5/6 were brachypelmas. I'm mentioning this because they were all smooth transitions and so I don't believe a chance of injury during the rehouse.
This is the hamorii. Last night I noticed the spot from the dorsal view. I haven't tried to disturb her for a better picture but this morning she finally got on the wall.
Nothing looks "wet" despite the glare.
The white seen on the ventral view is not glare/reflection. The fading of her abdomen markings is not an illusion/lighting. On the dorsal view, there is a raised lighter ring circling a depression, it looks like a tiny (dry) apple seed in color and sheen. That lighter tissue almost looks stretched creating "rays" of tissue/texture, giving me the feeling like it has been there a while and her abdomen is growing since. I can't tell if those marks that look like "scratches" are on her or substrate.
Her behavior seems normal...I guess I would call her friendly and that isn't a word I would normally describe. Chill, curious, cooperative. She drank water the first night, moved moss into her dish the next morning. I gave her a live cricket last night, and in the process of watching it cohabitate with her, that's when I saw the spot. I decided to kill the cricket and leave it, since I don't know *her* feeding response, and she seemed to be more focused on webbing the air while I had the lid off. I put the lid on, and within a minute she was eating the cricket.
Sorry for the rambling. I'm worried sick and this is my first problem out of 23 Ts. I have cornstarch and betadine handy if anyone knows what they are looking at.
I did email the breeder. Not sure how that will help but she was the freebie [confirmed female hamorii] after meeting a sizeable minimum order.
This is one of 6 tarantulas I ordered by mail. I will admit I didn't inspect closely upon initial unpacking, I was looking for signs of a death curl or transit molt and was greeted by lively spiders, friendly at that...no threat poses or hairs kicked, which is not bad considering 5/6 were brachypelmas. I'm mentioning this because they were all smooth transitions and so I don't believe a chance of injury during the rehouse.
This is the hamorii. Last night I noticed the spot from the dorsal view. I haven't tried to disturb her for a better picture but this morning she finally got on the wall.
Nothing looks "wet" despite the glare.
The white seen on the ventral view is not glare/reflection. The fading of her abdomen markings is not an illusion/lighting. On the dorsal view, there is a raised lighter ring circling a depression, it looks like a tiny (dry) apple seed in color and sheen. That lighter tissue almost looks stretched creating "rays" of tissue/texture, giving me the feeling like it has been there a while and her abdomen is growing since. I can't tell if those marks that look like "scratches" are on her or substrate.
Her behavior seems normal...I guess I would call her friendly and that isn't a word I would normally describe. Chill, curious, cooperative. She drank water the first night, moved moss into her dish the next morning. I gave her a live cricket last night, and in the process of watching it cohabitate with her, that's when I saw the spot. I decided to kill the cricket and leave it, since I don't know *her* feeding response, and she seemed to be more focused on webbing the air while I had the lid off. I put the lid on, and within a minute she was eating the cricket.
Sorry for the rambling. I'm worried sick and this is my first problem out of 23 Ts. I have cornstarch and betadine handy if anyone knows what they are looking at.
I did email the breeder. Not sure how that will help but she was the freebie [confirmed female hamorii] after meeting a sizeable minimum order.
