madamoisele
Arachnosquire
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- Oct 28, 2010
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I've only been in the hobby a few months, but in that time I have voraciously researched T behavior and care sheets. Still, I need help on this one.
There's a pet store in my little town that had a T for about 2 years, which I never really took much notice of until I got into the hobby and started learning more about these arachnids. Then, I started to get worried.
For 2 years, she was kept 100% of the time in a 4"x8" acrylic cell that she couldn't even turn around in without twisting her body - right under the a/c vent. Her cell was so filled with cold condensation that her carapace had several thick drops of water beaded up on it. I can only imagine in horror how she must have suffered like that, drop, drop, drop of icy cold water, for 2 years. She has absolutely NO green on her carapace under any light (checked again after I'd dried her out) - it's pitch black. I can only assume the chinese water torture destroyed it. (Am I wrong?) I'm even more concerned because I can stroke and pet her carapace, abdomen and legs without her moving hardly at all. I assume the water torture numbed her to this. I should add she's EXTREMELY docile when out, to the point of almost being a manipulatable toy I would say.
The pet store owner knew nothing of her and the only person that did know about her worked during hours I was also at work. Finally, on Friday, I had a day off and went in to see him about her. I was told she was captive bred, about 6 years old, and had laid a sac for him about 2 years ago. Last molted 6 months ago.
My heart aches for this girl - she's so docile and slow moving it scares the crap out of me. No death curling in the legs, she does move sometimes, and she has webbed down the coconut fiber on the bottom of the small Kritter Keeper I have her temporarily in (for ICU observation). She seems healthy but her abdomen is small and she is so far refusing to eat (cricket). When I take her out, she doesn't seem eager to move about.
Should I be concerned? Any advice on how to "rehabilitate" her back to being a healthy T?
There's a pet store in my little town that had a T for about 2 years, which I never really took much notice of until I got into the hobby and started learning more about these arachnids. Then, I started to get worried.
For 2 years, she was kept 100% of the time in a 4"x8" acrylic cell that she couldn't even turn around in without twisting her body - right under the a/c vent. Her cell was so filled with cold condensation that her carapace had several thick drops of water beaded up on it. I can only imagine in horror how she must have suffered like that, drop, drop, drop of icy cold water, for 2 years. She has absolutely NO green on her carapace under any light (checked again after I'd dried her out) - it's pitch black. I can only assume the chinese water torture destroyed it. (Am I wrong?) I'm even more concerned because I can stroke and pet her carapace, abdomen and legs without her moving hardly at all. I assume the water torture numbed her to this. I should add she's EXTREMELY docile when out, to the point of almost being a manipulatable toy I would say.
The pet store owner knew nothing of her and the only person that did know about her worked during hours I was also at work. Finally, on Friday, I had a day off and went in to see him about her. I was told she was captive bred, about 6 years old, and had laid a sac for him about 2 years ago. Last molted 6 months ago.
My heart aches for this girl - she's so docile and slow moving it scares the crap out of me. No death curling in the legs, she does move sometimes, and she has webbed down the coconut fiber on the bottom of the small Kritter Keeper I have her temporarily in (for ICU observation). She seems healthy but her abdomen is small and she is so far refusing to eat (cricket). When I take her out, she doesn't seem eager to move about.
Should I be concerned? Any advice on how to "rehabilitate" her back to being a healthy T?