Interesting l. Parahybana behavior

Crispy9168

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hey everyone. Sorry to keep asking questions. I went to feed my salmon pink today. He's small, so I put in a pre-killed small cricket. But something interesting happened. The "dead" cricket continued to writhe as if it was living. The sling ran until I "killed" the cricket again. I left it right on his leaf so he could get it. I checked on him just a second ago and noticed he has dragged the carcass into his burrow (less than 1/8" deep) and buried it near the bottom. He's now acting very slow and lethargic. What could this mean? Should I remove the cricket?
 

Rabid538

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Your tarantula is probably getting ready to molt. They stop eating when they are in pre-molt and become sluggish. Nothing to worry about. I would take the cricket out since he is not going to eat for a few days after the molt as well. You don't want it to mold.
 

Crispy9168

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That's really interesting. I've acttually got a b smithi in pre-molt too. Guess I'll save on crix. now the real challenge: keep the other crix from killing each other.
 

Rabid538

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Yea, they molt pretty often when they are small. I had all of my slings molt within a day of each other. The crickets shouldn't kill each other; just give them enough room and some fresh food.
 

Crispy9168

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I do. Just after a while, the crix get tired of each other I guess. I had a gecko a while ago and the ones he didn't eat and/or kill right away would always eat each other no matter what. He would always prove more than a match for them tho...
 

Rabid538

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Crickets are ridiculous, aren't they. Roaches are way more fun to keep. They cause less problems. My gecko only seems to take the crickets though. And there's the problem of them hiding under the newspaper...
What type of gecko did you have?
 

Crispy9168

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Ok now this is WIERD. I grabbed the cricket and took it out. It was still alive! It was still writhing and kicking. It's been headless for 8 hours!

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Crickets are ridiculous, aren't they. Roaches are way more fun to keep. They cause less problems. My gecko only seems to take the crickets though. And there's the problem of them hiding under the newspaper...
What type of gecko did you have?
leopard. I had him for around 10 years before he died. He was a cool pet :) taratulas are proving awesome too :-D
 

Rabid538

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Ok now this is WIERD. I grabbed the cricket and took it out. It was still alive! It was still writhing and kicking. It's been headless for 8 hours!

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leopard. I had him for around 10 years before he died. He was a cool pet :) taratulas are proving awesome too :-D
Crickets can live quite a while without their head. Its convenient since the T's like some movement in their prey.
Also, that's awesome. Leopards are pretty sweet.
 

Crispy9168

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I offered food once again today on the chance that it was the movement scaring him. it was. He took it and is envenomating it now. But his abdomen is still darkening could it still be pre molt?

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Oops.... Spoke too soon. He seemed to bite it, and spat it out. He's always a good eater too...
 

Rabid538

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I offered food once again today on the chance that it was the movement scaring him. it was. He took it and is envenomating it now. But his abdomen is still darkening could it still be pre molt?
Yup, it still could be premolt.
 
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