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Hi, my 0.5" maculata sling molted two days ago and today i found it in, what i believe, death curl. It was kinda dry, since the mite problems last week, but now all of the bastards are dead or atleast very small in numbers.
So i found it like that this morning. Trying to make it move by gently blowing towards it but it didn't move a lot. Then i've tried to make it move with one tiny thin stick. It moved but ... kinda weird. It didn't spread it's legs they were kinda stiff. I've soaked the substrate arround it and genlty forced it to move over the wet area. After 10 seconds it moved a bit and then stopped, but it's legs wasnst that curled up anymore. I've had to go to work and .. now i'm worried as hell will i find it death when i get back home :-((
I know they like it wet, and that i should keep humidity kind a high before and after the molt. So i dorpped 10 water drops a week before, but i didn't think it will dehydrate so fast after the molt :-(( I've should dropped some water after the molt, stupid stupid stupid, i thought it will make it till it's first post molt meal but ... i was wrong :-(
Anyone having problem like that with maculata before? I hope it will be fine but ... if it's not ....:8o
So i found it like that this morning. Trying to make it move by gently blowing towards it but it didn't move a lot. Then i've tried to make it move with one tiny thin stick. It moved but ... kinda weird. It didn't spread it's legs they were kinda stiff. I've soaked the substrate arround it and genlty forced it to move over the wet area. After 10 seconds it moved a bit and then stopped, but it's legs wasnst that curled up anymore. I've had to go to work and .. now i'm worried as hell will i find it death when i get back home :-((
I know they like it wet, and that i should keep humidity kind a high before and after the molt. So i dorpped 10 water drops a week before, but i didn't think it will dehydrate so fast after the molt :-(( I've should dropped some water after the molt, stupid stupid stupid, i thought it will make it till it's first post molt meal but ... i was wrong :-(
Anyone having problem like that with maculata before? I hope it will be fine but ... if it's not ....:8o