My curly hair trantula is sick

[Otterbotter74]

My curly hair trantula is sick. He is my first trantula, he is male and I think about 5 years old. I got him 2.5 years ago.

Last week I noticed that my trantula's abdomen was shriveled. The weather had been dry, so I kept his enclosure more humid than usual, we tried to feed him but he would not eat. He was able to move.

Today he was in what I am pretty sure is a death curl.

He is now in an Tupperware box with holes in the top, a paper towel on the bottom and a fresh water bowl.

Is there anything else that I can do to help him get better?


There is a poto attached.
In it, he is splayed from when we moved him in.

 

[cold blood]

Mature male meeting the natural end of life

 

[fcat]

Sounds like he had a good run

You could make him more comfortable by reducing stimuli. If given the choice he would probably want to be in his home.

This is more palliative care than a fix...You can achieve better results by giving him a generous section of moist substrate.