c. fasciatum sling problem.. walking weird.

[jesters22]

i got a c. faciatum few months ago along with 3 others. everyone is doing great. eating. molting. all good.. but today i go to give all my little guys some water and i notice something weird with my fasciatum. while hes in his little cube, if u disturb him he moves his legs 10000million miles an hour. but doesn't go anywhere.. so then after this, i bring him out of his cage and get him to walk around and hes walking very funny. and he flipped over at 1 point and took him a very long time of just moving his legs back and forth to flip over..

could this b that awful disease that T's get?

i also have some videos but idk if their anygood *were taken on my phone*

any ideas?

edit- sling is bout an inch

 

[satanslilhelper]

This sounds like what I've heard about dks, but my P. regalis also acted like this when I brought it home from the reptile show. I put mine in an ICU and waited 3-4 days when it was moving like normal to put it back into its enclosure. That's my experience with symptoms like this. I hope it helps and I hope your T makes it.

 

[jesters22]

ive already moved it to a small deli cup with a damp paper towel. ill leave it in their for a few days. see wat happens

 

[joshuai]

Bummer i had a blondi do the same thing got so bad then she died R.I.P, all you can do is what they all say above and hope.

 

[sean-820]

youtube dks as the movements from its are kinda jerky and make the t walk strangly. I dont think there is a real cure and i think it usually becomes fatal, but an icu could possibly help so you may as well try

 

[jesters22]

the 1 thing i cant remember is should i make sure i move it away from my other slings? right now i have it on a different shelve. but should i move him to a completely different section. or even room?

 

[jesters22]

just an update for ppl who care.. my little sling has died.. im talking to the breeder i got him.her from bc i only recieved this little spider bout 2 months ago. and trying to see if they will help me with a replacement. or something.

 

[robertcarst]

Sorry for your sling, it's awful when this happens.

 

[jesters22]

ive been in contact since i noticed this spider having this. and the place i got it from (tarantulasinc.com) told me it was from dehydration.. obviously this is just a cop out on the real problem. and a way for them to tell me im at fault. i no their not at fault aswell. i had asked them if i pay for shipping if i could have a replacement. and they basicly said theirs nothing they can do.

down to tarantulasinc and i wont ever buy from them again.


:tdown:

 

[IrishPolishman]

I've done a lot of business with TarantulasInc. Honestly, slings tend to die, that's why they're soo cheap. There's no guarantee on any tarantula we buy. If you had it for two months it's well past any live guarantee if there was one. This isn't a puppy. DKS can just happen. TarantulasInc's job is to solely run a business. They have consistantly provided great Ts. There prices aren't always the lowest but they always have what you want. They always go around the shows making T buying easy. I'm really hoping that whatever i'm saying is making sure people don't think any less of T'sINc. Sum it up...They are a great company with a wonderful love of the trade. They are consistant and passionate and will always be helpful when help is needed and deserved.

 

[jesters22]

well take it as bitching or w/e else you want. but i have done alot of different things in my life. and had to deal with a lot of customer service. and alot of companys go up and beyond wat they are needed to to make the customer happy.. granted they dont need to send me a new T.. and im not asking for something rediculous. but to me. if a T just dies. and its not my fault. i think the person who supplied the T should help out in some way.. mayb a discount on the next order. or something. but when u tell a customer "theirs nothing we can do" thats just bull****

 

[vvx]

I wouldn't say that's bull excrement. In the tarantula world, a few months is a pretty long time. A lot can happen in a few months.

 

[joshuai]

after two months there is no way for them to be responsible,and to reimburse you, i wouldnt. Can you prove with out a doubt that it was nothing you did? can you prove with out a doubt it was something on their part? Do you really think they should reimburse you after two months. not in the tarantula buisness im afraid, like they already said with tarantulas, especially slings two months is a long time. way past any responciblity on the dealers part. and in my openion you have no call to bad talk them on an open forum without concrete evidence.

 

[NChromatus]

With no reason or evidence to believe your sling died because of something TarantulasInc. did- you had it for two months, after all- there's no reason to be badmouthing them publicly. I can understand your actions afterward-calling them, asking them if there's anything they can do is all perfectly reasonable- but you can't hold it against them, as a public matter, that they said no.

I could even understand if you bought from other dealers after that, but that's a personal matter for yourself. There's no reason to believe that others should not buy from them.

In fact, if you think about it, after two months there's only a couple of legitimate gripes you could possibly have, and they're both unlikely- a parasite that is traceable to them, for which you have offered no evidence, or possibly a genetic issue.

Most likely, considering you had the T for two months, it died either by some freak occurrence or because of something you did taking care of it. I know that's tough to think about, but try going over your care of your T in your mind, consider different options of things you might have done wrong.

One of the toughest things to do in life is to learn from loss. It's easier to pin what happened on someone else. But, to grow, we can only look at ourselves and what we could have done differently.


I'm really sorry that your T died. I had what felt like a close call with mine today and it was terrible.

 

[lilmoonrabbit]

so sorry about your loss But, don't let it slow you down! Get another sling if you can, and hopefully that one will work out for you. Sometimes bad things happen and it's nobody's fault.

 

[jesters22]

well in the tarantula world.. their almost is no such thing as "concrete evidence" no one dissects T's especially little slings. so evidence is impossible. u can tell me im wrong. and i frankly don't care. i took care of the T the correct way. and it got some sort of problem. that was not because of water or food. or housing. or temperature/humidity. i did not start off bashing them. i emailed them quite a few times b4 the T had died. and then after i emailed them saying it died. and they basically said "tuff luck".

i have every right to talk bad about who ever i want to. and if ppl want to buy from them go ahead. my opinion is my opinion. your opninons are yours.

i still have 3 slings that were right next to this T, none are effected by w/e happened to my c.fasciatum. thats also why i was hoping tarantulasinc would help me out. bc 2 of the 3 i bought from them were healthy. and this just was not.

 

[Roski]

some slings are just more fragile than others, and it's true that you have the right to badmouth whoever you want, but having a bad attitude about something is pointless. it won't bring your sling back, it won't make you feel better to badmouth TsInc, and it probably only adds to your feeling of loss. i'm glad your other 3 slings are doing well, and i don't doubt that you know what you're doing, but lighten up- it's a trade dealing with living things. if you bought a puppy, and it got sick after a year, it's not like you could bring it back to the store to ask for a discount on your next dog

smile! come on, let's not turn loss into bitterness

 

[Rindy]

I agree they are not obligated to cushion your loss, it makes sense that they want to keep you as a customer and so will offer something. Think of how everyone gets a free sling with their order, seems good business to do the same thing to keep a customer happy. I know Brandon at Reptists is good about working things out. But hey, just my opinion- hope things get better for you

 

[IrishPolishman]

This makes me wish the AllOhio show was tomorrow. I'm putting together a list of things to buy from TsInc right now. ;P :}

Side note, if no one has ever been to there booth for a show, I highly recommend it. It's cool to be able to see such a wide variety of Ts and ask questions on the spot. Their booth is typically very crowded but they do everything they can to be helpful. It's like Christmas everytime I see their sign. A table littered with vials and deli cups of Ts for sale is amazing. The only problem is, I never know what T I want to buy next the most. I think a P Irminia is on the list for sure. I also need some more Avics. Oh, and I definitely need a B Emilia. Doesn't matter...I want at least 1 of each.