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After eating a leg off a few months ago and becoming more and more sluggish, my C. crawshayi finally had an awful molt today and I euthanized her. It's sad, but there's some things to be learned.
First off, after she kept bleeding from her leg wound, I applied a little superglue. It stopped the bleeding, but after a few months of the moderate to slightly higher humidity, it got moldy right on the glue 'cap'. I'm fairly sure this mold went right inside and caused the mutilated and abortive molt she went through this morning. I tried lowering the humidity and encouraging a burrow for months, but nothing worked. It could be that the fungal rot or mold had already infested that leg and that's why she ate it. Who knows?
Oh well. My recommendation - provide a premade burrow of foam and keep humidity moderate with a nice water dish. She did have a tendency to soak from time to time. Tarsal rot is way common with King Baboons. Since she took the leg right after I got her, I'm guessing she had it before.
bill
First off, after she kept bleeding from her leg wound, I applied a little superglue. It stopped the bleeding, but after a few months of the moderate to slightly higher humidity, it got moldy right on the glue 'cap'. I'm fairly sure this mold went right inside and caused the mutilated and abortive molt she went through this morning. I tried lowering the humidity and encouraging a burrow for months, but nothing worked. It could be that the fungal rot or mold had already infested that leg and that's why she ate it. Who knows?
Oh well. My recommendation - provide a premade burrow of foam and keep humidity moderate with a nice water dish. She did have a tendency to soak from time to time. Tarsal rot is way common with King Baboons. Since she took the leg right after I got her, I'm guessing she had it before.
bill