Aussiespiders92
Arachnopeon
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Hi all,
Posting here as I trust the advice from here.
I recently came into possession of a tarantula that a friend was keeping. They had not used enough substrate, and the T fell and had an abdominal rupture.
I treated the rupture using Vaseline (petroleum jelly) to stop the bleeding, and it has hardened up now. She is also eating much better.
However, the T has managed to transfer some Vaseline from its abdomen onto its eyepieces, assumedly while cleaning. I can tell this as they appear darker and wet, while not being wet. It is clear she transferred some of the jelly onto a few of her eyes.
I do not wish to attempt removal of the jelly, as it could cause mechanical damage to the eyes.
She does not seem impeded sight-wise and is behaving normally so far.
My main question is - should this resolve by next moult? I was already hanging out for the next moult to heal the ruptured abdominal scar, but would assume it would also replace the caps over the eyepieces.
Is this correct, and should I simply continue business as usual and wait for a moult? Or is it imperative that I attempt to remove the Vaseline from the facial area? There is not enough to take off a lot at a time - she seems to have “wiped” some over with her leg.
Posting here as I trust the advice from here.
I recently came into possession of a tarantula that a friend was keeping. They had not used enough substrate, and the T fell and had an abdominal rupture.
I treated the rupture using Vaseline (petroleum jelly) to stop the bleeding, and it has hardened up now. She is also eating much better.
However, the T has managed to transfer some Vaseline from its abdomen onto its eyepieces, assumedly while cleaning. I can tell this as they appear darker and wet, while not being wet. It is clear she transferred some of the jelly onto a few of her eyes.
I do not wish to attempt removal of the jelly, as it could cause mechanical damage to the eyes.
She does not seem impeded sight-wise and is behaving normally so far.
My main question is - should this resolve by next moult? I was already hanging out for the next moult to heal the ruptured abdominal scar, but would assume it would also replace the caps over the eyepieces.
Is this correct, and should I simply continue business as usual and wait for a moult? Or is it imperative that I attempt to remove the Vaseline from the facial area? There is not enough to take off a lot at a time - she seems to have “wiped” some over with her leg.
