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I lost a 2 instar P.ornata two DKS..it sucks when it happens
dyskenetic syndrome, or "THE TWITCHES:
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I do not think they will ever find the ONE cause for this syndrome. There won't be just ONE cause, because any time a T does something fishy/ twitchy it is labeled DKS. A very apt name for it, but people forget this isn't a disease; it is a group of problems with similar symptoms.
There could be any number of causes, but there are no tarantula doctors that will send the T for x-rays/ MRI/ cat scan to find out what specifically is going wrong. The best we have is someone dissecting a T that has died with DKS symptoms, but there are few people out there that will do that.
In some cases the T molts out of it, others the T is fine one day and at deaths door the next. Some people say it's contagious and has had it kill multiple Ts, but others report no problems with spreading. I highly doubt these have the same underlying problem, but all are labeled DKS. I don't think there will ever be a 'cure' either, as we still have specific human diseases we haven't conquered.
It is a very sad thing to lose a pet and my sympathies to those that have.
There could be any number of causes, but there are no tarantula doctors that will send the T for x-rays/ MRI/ cat scan to find out what specifically is going wrong. The best we have is someone dissecting a T that has died with DKS symptoms, but there are few people out there that will do that.
In some cases the T molts out of it, others the T is fine one day and at deaths door the next. Some people say it's contagious and has had it kill multiple Ts, but others report no problems with spreading. I highly doubt these have the same underlying problem, but all are labeled DKS. I don't think there will ever be a 'cure' either, as we still have specific human diseases we haven't conquered.
It is a very sad thing to lose a pet and my sympathies to those that have.