Hey guys, I'm kinda new to tarantulas, and have what I believe to be a Rosie. I adopted her from a friend, who had no time for her. I know she had her for a few years, so she's no baby anymore. I'm very accustomed to Herps, so exotic isn't new to me. But these adorable critters are another matter entirely, and I know vets don't always tend to be reliable. So I figured I'd ask you guys first what could potentially be wrong.
So background. I moved to my location about 8 months ago. The new substrate I set for her when I moved was dry, but I left water in there for her, which she made very clear for the next month that she was VERY unhappy about (crawled up walls as far as she could from the dish, or just stood on her tippy toes far away from it) so I left the dish but removed the water. This new room is all window, as compared to my lay place which was fairly dark. I can't really move her to a different room(other than maybe the basement) since my roommate doesn't want her out and I don't trust his friends being in the same room as her. She didn't eat for the first month, which also wasn't surprising. But what was odd was she now refused to use her hidie. After that first month she got an appetite again, and she ate her crickets about every other week. Everything seemed normal other than her lack of hiding. But over the months, I noticed that she started losing weight. And about a month ago she stopped eating and getting I think some very small spots where she's losing hair. And now for the past two weeks she rotates from sitting scrunched up in a stress ball or slowly walking around her enclosure. Today she seems very unresponsive, barely responding to stimuli. So now I'm notably worried.
My thoughts are dehydration(how get around if she hates water in her enclosure), too much sunlight with too low of a hidie(that before the move was her favorite), or that she's sick??? What say the forum pros? How concerned should I be, and what do I need to change?
To show the change I took photos of her and her set up currently, with a picture of her before my move and her last molt, which was almost a year ago now.
So background. I moved to my location about 8 months ago. The new substrate I set for her when I moved was dry, but I left water in there for her, which she made very clear for the next month that she was VERY unhappy about (crawled up walls as far as she could from the dish, or just stood on her tippy toes far away from it) so I left the dish but removed the water. This new room is all window, as compared to my lay place which was fairly dark. I can't really move her to a different room(other than maybe the basement) since my roommate doesn't want her out and I don't trust his friends being in the same room as her. She didn't eat for the first month, which also wasn't surprising. But what was odd was she now refused to use her hidie. After that first month she got an appetite again, and she ate her crickets about every other week. Everything seemed normal other than her lack of hiding. But over the months, I noticed that she started losing weight. And about a month ago she stopped eating and getting I think some very small spots where she's losing hair. And now for the past two weeks she rotates from sitting scrunched up in a stress ball or slowly walking around her enclosure. Today she seems very unresponsive, barely responding to stimuli. So now I'm notably worried.
My thoughts are dehydration(how get around if she hates water in her enclosure), too much sunlight with too low of a hidie(that before the move was her favorite), or that she's sick??? What say the forum pros? How concerned should I be, and what do I need to change?
To show the change I took photos of her and her set up currently, with a picture of her before my move and her last molt, which was almost a year ago now.
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