Heeeelp - Is my sling okay?

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Hi,

I’m reviving this thread to update and to share a new experience I witnessed while caring for “Mirruña” (my Chromatopelma’s name, which means “tiny thing” in Spanish).

After the wound near the sternum was sealed with cornstarch, Mirruña molted a few times and fully recovered:

• 22-Aug-2023
• 29-Oct-2023
• 03-Apr-2024

Posterior to the last molt, I started noticing something was off in her carapace:
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So I searched old pictures of her and realized that the weird spot was present before the latest molt:
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Also, I looked inside her exuvia and found a black spot:
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Despite everything, Mirruña was doing fine, eating, webbing, etc. Then, on 28 May 2024, I fed her, and everything seemed normal until the evening of that same day, when I noticed she was bleeding from the odd region in her carapace, once again I applied cornstarch to stop the bleeding. Luckily, I managed to seal the wound before she began to be weaker. Days after, I fed her again and took this picture:
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Finally, she molted on 17 Jun 2024 and today Mirruña enjoyed eating a mealworm. I took her exuvia and I was shocked when I opened it. IDK, for me, it looks like a cyst or a tumor.

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Here is a picture of Mirruña after her last molt; I think that her carapace is looking better and I hope that the cyst or tumor is gone and she will fully recover in future molts:
Thanks for reading me, and I would appreciate your insights, opinions, suggestions, knowledge, etc about this.

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Who knows it’s no we’re near as big as they cyst on my t stirmi that died a while ago . That the owner purposely hid in pictures. Good luck.

 

[IntermittentSygnal]

I think you’ve done a really good job in caring for her and documenting her progress with the tumor/cyst. Do you notice the bleeding when she is fatter? I’m wondering if a more full abdomen would be putting pressure on it causing it to leak? Pulling for her to have a full recovery!

 

[Brewser]

Here's to Mirruna & You also.
Mirruna's lucky to have You as Keeper.
Keep on keeping on.
All the Best

 

[Kardo99]

Do you notice the bleeding when she is fatter? I’m wondering if a more full abdomen would be putting pressure on it causing it to leak? Pulling for her to have a full recovery!

Wow, that´s a good observation and maybe it is related. The day I noticed the bleeding, I fed her in the morning with a lobster roach larger than the roaches she was used to. Now, I'm being cautious with the prey item size and will avoid overfeeding her.