dead P. Metallica

Davidmortiis

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hi guys my P. Metallica female, i found her out of cork bark in a weird position on bark that she normally never shows up, she was very weak barely moving, i put her few minutes on water dish, hopping she will drink some. now after few hours i found her completely dead.
time by time i have seen her out seating halfway on cork bark so i was feeding her in this way, recently almost a month have not seen her coming out at all and now this, i give my tarantulas water dish, no mites i already check, normaly 73f-81f, i don't know what else could cause this death, here are some pictures of her dead, please tell what it could happened or how to avoid it in the future?
 

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Vanisher

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To bad! Sirry for the loss! Its impossible to say, if you dont tell us more and show a picture of its enclosure!
 

Arachnophoric

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Very strange. I can't see anything off-hand that looks wrong... when did she last eat?

Side note that even if you saw mites, they wouldn't have caused her to pass away - mites themselves are harmless to your T if not just a mild irritant.
 

l4nsky

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Have you added anything new to the terrarium recently that could've harbored a pesticide like a substrate change or new piece of cork?
 

Davidmortiis

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Very strange. I can't see anything off-hand that looks wrong... when did she last eat?

Side note that even if you saw mites, they wouldn't have caused her to pass away - mites themselves are harmless to your T if not just a mild irritant.
i feed her like 2 weeks ago, i would normally drope dubias after a while could see leftovers outside of cork bark.

Have you added anything new to the terrarium recently that could've harbored a pesticide like a substrate change or new piece of cork?
Absolutely nothing, all i did open give food and give water to all my tarantulas nothing else.
 
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