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I got this big mature female Rose Hair tarantula I fondly nicknamed 'Matika' after the famous T in the movie 'Jungle 2 Jungle'
For a few precious months I fed her large crickets and tried to find her a boyfriend. She was the biggest T I owned, one of my favorites.
I had made my own wooden frame screen lids to tanks. My cat keeps walking on them and busting them open that way with her weight. Matika escaped, I was crushed but she's a big spider so I figured maybe I'd find her...
Today I found her upside down in the death curl. I put her front half in a small dish of water, hoping she'd drink and revive but she hasn't even twitched. She's gone...
She's the first T that ever died on me.
She was so beautiful, I didn't deserve her. I feel horrible, that T was probably older than me and it was my mismanagement that got her killed.
I'm buying some heavy duty strong lids for all my tanks, I won't let this mistake repeat again. It was a very painful lesson to learn.
For a few precious months I fed her large crickets and tried to find her a boyfriend. She was the biggest T I owned, one of my favorites.
I had made my own wooden frame screen lids to tanks. My cat keeps walking on them and busting them open that way with her weight. Matika escaped, I was crushed but she's a big spider so I figured maybe I'd find her...
Today I found her upside down in the death curl. I put her front half in a small dish of water, hoping she'd drink and revive but she hasn't even twitched. She's gone...
She's the first T that ever died on me.
She was so beautiful, I didn't deserve her. I feel horrible, that T was probably older than me and it was my mismanagement that got her killed. I'm buying some heavy duty strong lids for all my tanks, I won't let this mistake repeat again. It was a very painful lesson to learn.
