Last night i thought id try to move my male rosehair to live with the female, since they would be able to mate more frequently and perhaps even be roommates for a little bit. The container was roughly a 10" lengthwise circular container with 4" to the roof. relatively small for two spiders, but they would have room to breathe.
This morning substrate was everywhere, but the two spiders were touching, i took this as a relatively good sign. The male was alive.
Then i watched in disdain as the spiders moved, and under the substrate was a leg of the females.
She was really scruffy looking, and limped. I immediately removed the male to his own container and placed the female into the freezer for 5 minutes to slow her down for further examination. While this was happening, a paper towel and small plastic container were sterilized in the microwave.
Hemolymph/substrate balls were all over her enclosure, so i thought excessive bleeding may be the problem. When i took her out i saw a drop on leg 3 on her right side fall off. I placed my finger over her chellicerae and cupped her legs to have a look at her underside. There was hemolymph residue on legs 2/3 on the right side, and leg 2 on the left, right on the joint between the femur and the patella. Also, her pedipalps look like hemolymph had dried on them and clotted the hair.
Leg 1 left side was missing but not bleeding. I placed a small piece of unscented toilet paper on it, which stuck.. i did this to prevent any further bleeding. I tried this again on the other wet spots but had trouble getting the tissue to stick, so i wiped away the blood substance and no further bleeding occured. I believe the residue found on her other legs to be blood from the loss of leg 1.
She moves, but limps, and seems kind of shocked. She has been placed in an ICU. She has also managed to sway my opinions on the cohabitation between mates bit.
Any further advice, questions, or related happenstance are welcome.
This morning substrate was everywhere, but the two spiders were touching, i took this as a relatively good sign. The male was alive.
Then i watched in disdain as the spiders moved, and under the substrate was a leg of the females.
She was really scruffy looking, and limped. I immediately removed the male to his own container and placed the female into the freezer for 5 minutes to slow her down for further examination. While this was happening, a paper towel and small plastic container were sterilized in the microwave.
Hemolymph/substrate balls were all over her enclosure, so i thought excessive bleeding may be the problem. When i took her out i saw a drop on leg 3 on her right side fall off. I placed my finger over her chellicerae and cupped her legs to have a look at her underside. There was hemolymph residue on legs 2/3 on the right side, and leg 2 on the left, right on the joint between the femur and the patella. Also, her pedipalps look like hemolymph had dried on them and clotted the hair.
Leg 1 left side was missing but not bleeding. I placed a small piece of unscented toilet paper on it, which stuck.. i did this to prevent any further bleeding. I tried this again on the other wet spots but had trouble getting the tissue to stick, so i wiped away the blood substance and no further bleeding occured. I believe the residue found on her other legs to be blood from the loss of leg 1.
She moves, but limps, and seems kind of shocked. She has been placed in an ICU. She has also managed to sway my opinions on the cohabitation between mates bit.
Any further advice, questions, or related happenstance are welcome.
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