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Here's the problem: the juvenile female B. emilia I posted some pics of a while back cannot eat. She hunts and kills and occasionally even "picks at her food" with some minor mastication with her fangs, but never is able to eat. This has now occurred on at least five different feedings since her last moult and all go the same way - she's hungry, she pounces, kills, and then eventually just drops the crickets dead but uneaten. Otherwise she appears and acts normal. Since this problem began after her last moult so it may possibly be that the mouth parts and esophagus failed to shed, this is my best guess (but as always I'm looking for other suggestions of the cause).
Anyone had any luck with this sort of problem? She's got a reasonable store of fat so she could probably last until another shed if there's hope that she could shed all of the mouth/esophagus parts then. I'm worried about the girl because she's a stunning looking specimen and I don't want to lose her, but a T that can't eat is a T that's going to die.
Anyone had any luck with this sort of problem? She's got a reasonable store of fat so she could probably last until another shed if there's hope that she could shed all of the mouth/esophagus parts then. I'm worried about the girl because she's a stunning looking specimen and I don't want to lose her, but a T that can't eat is a T that's going to die.