wyllomoon
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Oct 27, 2006
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Hi, I've been here a while but I haven't posted much yet. Guess I'm a little shy :8o or afraid I'll ask something stupid since I only have 8 tarantulas and am still pretty new to keeping them.
Anyhow, I'm having a huge problem with a gorgeous w/c theraphosa blondi I picked up back in October and I'm not sure if anything can be done. I'm not even sure what's happened to cause this.
She's been living in a 15 gal. aquarium with a screen top, 5 inches of cactus soil which I mist fairly often, a shallow plastic water dish, a hide cave and a little (low to the ground) fake plant. She's been in there since October of 2006 and I've never had a problem with her other than the fact that she doesn't eat a lot and last week one cricket was left in there overnight for a few nights without my noticing that it was there.
So anyhow, the problem is this. Yesterday I noticed that her back leg looked strange - bent at an odd angle. I don't know if she climbed up the side of the tank and fell (not something she does often at all) or if somehow a solitary cricket could damage her leg. Today the leg has come loose and almost fallen off. I've also noticed that her abdomen is becoming really sunken in and her legs are starting to curl under her. I'm just so upset about this because all my other spiders are doing wonderfully and I don't know what happened to her or what I did wrong.
I imagine it's a lost cause since there are really no vets that deal with arachnids and since I can't see her lasting too much longer considering how bad she looks this morning. Is there anything I can do or does anyone have a guess at what might have happened to her? I feel awful just sitting here watching her die but I guess the options are pretty limited, unfortunately .
Anyhow, I'm having a huge problem with a gorgeous w/c theraphosa blondi I picked up back in October and I'm not sure if anything can be done. I'm not even sure what's happened to cause this.
She's been living in a 15 gal. aquarium with a screen top, 5 inches of cactus soil which I mist fairly often, a shallow plastic water dish, a hide cave and a little (low to the ground) fake plant. She's been in there since October of 2006 and I've never had a problem with her other than the fact that she doesn't eat a lot and last week one cricket was left in there overnight for a few nights without my noticing that it was there.
So anyhow, the problem is this. Yesterday I noticed that her back leg looked strange - bent at an odd angle. I don't know if she climbed up the side of the tank and fell (not something she does often at all) or if somehow a solitary cricket could damage her leg. Today the leg has come loose and almost fallen off. I've also noticed that her abdomen is becoming really sunken in and her legs are starting to curl under her. I'm just so upset about this because all my other spiders are doing wonderfully and I don't know what happened to her or what I did wrong.
I imagine it's a lost cause since there are really no vets that deal with arachnids and since I can't see her lasting too much longer considering how bad she looks this morning. Is there anything I can do or does anyone have a guess at what might have happened to her? I feel awful just sitting here watching her die but I guess the options are pretty limited, unfortunately .