WiseWarrior
Arachnopeon
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- Aug 15, 2007
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My father's G. rosea is acting very bizarrely. For the past few days she's been very sluggish, often times with some of her legs curled under her. She's also been drinking an insane amount of water...the dish isn't large, but yesterday I had to refill it FIVE times, and most of those times were in the evening hours. She was sitting in it a lot as well.
The humidity wasn't low at all, and has never been a problem in my house. I own three tarantulas of my own, one for 9 years, and I've never had humidity issues. He's had the rosea for around 5 years, and she was already an adult when he purchased her. I'm not used to Ts dying, so it's possible this is normal behavior, but the fact that she's drinking such a large amount of water is really confusing me. Could she have some sort of parasite or something that's causing this behavior? Any advice?
(Here's a picture of her in her dish after she finished drinking most of the water)
The humidity wasn't low at all, and has never been a problem in my house. I own three tarantulas of my own, one for 9 years, and I've never had humidity issues. He's had the rosea for around 5 years, and she was already an adult when he purchased her. I'm not used to Ts dying, so it's possible this is normal behavior, but the fact that she's drinking such a large amount of water is really confusing me. Could she have some sort of parasite or something that's causing this behavior? Any advice?
(Here's a picture of her in her dish after she finished drinking most of the water)