paulbrown09
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Jun 24, 2009
- Messages
- 15
Hi guys,
Lost my first T today, MM B.Smithi. To be honest, i feel pretty devestated, i know it's a Spider, but they've always been my absolute favourite T. I got him 2 years ago, the person i bought him from thought he was a female, either way, i'm glad i got him anyway.
He molted about 6 months ago, and i noticed he had Tibial Hooks, which kinda made my heart sink, and he was always wondering around, day and night, presumably looking for a female? Anyway last night i saw him in a death curl and went to check on him, he was moving, but very very slightly, and tried kicking hairs up at me. I left him alone, pretty much knowing he didn't have long left.
I went to check on him today and he's completely stopped moving, totally floppy and his abdomen has shrunk a lot. One thing i noticed when i check him over was that his mouth had a hard white substance over his fangs, i'm sure it's not nematodes as i've done a lot of reading up, and i've NEVER noticed him having any form of white substance around his mouth, and the last time i saw his underside/mouth properly was about 3 days ago when he was up on the side of the tank. I'm guessing it was regurgitation or something along that line.
Either way, i'm devestated and i think i might have him permanently preserved if thats possible. Well i guess things go on, and i'm going to have to deal with it and move on, but it's still not nice
Paul
Lost my first T today, MM B.Smithi. To be honest, i feel pretty devestated, i know it's a Spider, but they've always been my absolute favourite T. I got him 2 years ago, the person i bought him from thought he was a female, either way, i'm glad i got him anyway.
He molted about 6 months ago, and i noticed he had Tibial Hooks, which kinda made my heart sink, and he was always wondering around, day and night, presumably looking for a female? Anyway last night i saw him in a death curl and went to check on him, he was moving, but very very slightly, and tried kicking hairs up at me. I left him alone, pretty much knowing he didn't have long left.
I went to check on him today and he's completely stopped moving, totally floppy and his abdomen has shrunk a lot. One thing i noticed when i check him over was that his mouth had a hard white substance over his fangs, i'm sure it's not nematodes as i've done a lot of reading up, and i've NEVER noticed him having any form of white substance around his mouth, and the last time i saw his underside/mouth properly was about 3 days ago when he was up on the side of the tank. I'm guessing it was regurgitation or something along that line.
Either way, i'm devestated and i think i might have him permanently preserved if thats possible. Well i guess things go on, and i'm going to have to deal with it and move on, but it's still not nice
Paul