injury question.. need advice

[vohnholley]

I was wondering has anyone had a defensive species to loose a part of a leg? My obt got one of its legs caught in the top of the lid of its enclosure. When i tried to push it out the silly thing started to struggle and the tip of its leg popped off( dont know where it went though.) How do i fix that or should i put it in Icu? Im not about to pick her up! She a clear fluid where part of the limb popped off. Its not dripping . Its just there..Will she be alright?

 

[Falk]

I was wondering has anyone had a defensive species to loose a part of a leg? My obt got one of its legs caught in the top of the lid of its enclosure. When i tried to push it out the silly thing started to struggle and the tip of its leg popped off( dont know where it went though.) How do i fix that or should i put it in Icu? Im not about to pick her up! She a clear fluid where part of the limb popped off. Its not dripping . Its just there..Will she be alright?

Why ICU? it is so extremly overrated and i´ll say it again: ICU are only for extremly dehydrated tarantulas and not a deafult problem solver. Besides that an ICU can caus more bad than good when you take a specie that lives in super dry habitat and then put it in a wet and humid alien environment.

If she/he lose a piece of their leg or tarsus you have nothing to worry about. Sometimes they loose legs when their are molting and that is usually not a problem.
Good luck.

 

[LisaD]

I had the same thing happen with mine about a week ago. It lost two legs. Freaked me out (and it was totally my fault - T escapted, I was trying to get it into a transfer container while daughter was screaming, legs got pinched. While I still feel guilty, it is fine right now, eating and acting normally. I expect it to regrow the legs after molting.

 

[Arachnos482]

If it's not losing hemolymph, i wouldn't worry too much, if it is, just close it up with some nu skin, or super glue...

 

[webbedone]

if its bleeding you can dab it with some crazy glue, liquid bandaid or petrolium jelly if its not the leg will be regenerated in a molt or two

 

[Falk]

If it's not losing hemolymph, i wouldn't worry too much, if it is, just close it up with some nu skin, or super glue...

Not necessary to put glue or skin on a damage like that.

 

[vohnholley]

i asked about the Icu because it is a obt and it will not allow me to even get close enough to it to dab anything. When i tried to the part that got cut off i bit the tongs repeatedly.. So im not even going to attempt crazy glue.