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I know I posted about a week ago that my AF C. schioedtei died and I was really sad about it.
I the day I found her “dead,” she was at the bottom of her tank. She was half covered in substrate and the part of her I could see looked to be in a full death curl… and I didn’t move the enclosure for many days thinking maybe she might just be hiding or something, anything other than being dead! After the 4th day or so, I tried banging on the glass and tapping the bottom right below her body but I saw no signs of life. Every day I checked on her and each time she did not move.
So, I finally got up the determination to throw out the contents of her enclosure and clean it for a new future tenant. I’d been putting it off bc I didn’t want to see her dead and start to miss her even more. Plus, her enclosure was reeking of death.
I tipped over the enclosure to pour out the old substrate, and that’s when I saw it:
SHE WAS STUCK IN A MOLT!!!
This whole time I thought she was dead!!
And, as of the time that I have started this thread, she is still alive and able to move all her legs except one, which is very damaged and will probably never be functional again.
I managed to get all of the stuck molt off of her and I’m currently giving her some time to rest in a nice comfy ICU placed inside my quiet, dark, warm linen closet. I took a few videos, as I don’t think she’s going to make it.
Here’s two short videos:
The first video is of my husband and I after discovering the stuck molt and while we are trying to take it off (I used tongs to pull off the more obvious and loser pieces and used a scalpel, tweezers, and a paintbrush to remove the majority of what was left adhered).
The second video is how she looked after the molt was fully, painstakingly removed, bit by bit…
m.youtube.com
Seems like I just can’t catch a break lately with my Ts!! I hope she gets well, but I’m preparing myself for her passing because thingclearly aren’t looking great.
I hate everything about this.
I know I posted about a week ago that my AF C. schioedtei died and I was really sad about it.
I the day I found her “dead,” she was at the bottom of her tank. She was half covered in substrate and the part of her I could see looked to be in a full death curl… and I didn’t move the enclosure for many days thinking maybe she might just be hiding or something, anything other than being dead! After the 4th day or so, I tried banging on the glass and tapping the bottom right below her body but I saw no signs of life. Every day I checked on her and each time she did not move.
So, I finally got up the determination to throw out the contents of her enclosure and clean it for a new future tenant. I’d been putting it off bc I didn’t want to see her dead and start to miss her even more. Plus, her enclosure was reeking of death.
I tipped over the enclosure to pour out the old substrate, and that’s when I saw it:
SHE WAS STUCK IN A MOLT!!!
This whole time I thought she was dead!!
And, as of the time that I have started this thread, she is still alive and able to move all her legs except one, which is very damaged and will probably never be functional again.
I managed to get all of the stuck molt off of her and I’m currently giving her some time to rest in a nice comfy ICU placed inside my quiet, dark, warm linen closet. I took a few videos, as I don’t think she’s going to make it.
Here’s two short videos:
The first video is of my husband and I after discovering the stuck molt and while we are trying to take it off (I used tongs to pull off the more obvious and loser pieces and used a scalpel, tweezers, and a paintbrush to remove the majority of what was left adhered).
The second video is how she looked after the molt was fully, painstakingly removed, bit by bit…
C. schioedtei after removing stick molt
m.youtube.com
Seems like I just can’t catch a break lately with my Ts!! I hope she gets well, but I’m preparing myself for her passing because thingclearly aren’t looking great.
I hate everything about this.
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