emyates96
Arachnopeon
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- Nov 23, 2021
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Going to try to make a long story short.
My WC female Kuk just had a bad molt. She ended up coming out of it with a lame leg. However, I do believe this injury affects her ability to pull the web from her spinnerets. She seems to have made some webbing, but nothing like she used to. On top of this I had to remove her hide that had most of her webbing due to mold. Super not great situation all around. I would have probably kept it in there had I know she would have a bad molt.
Now that she does not have her tube of extreme webbing and she is struggling to recreate a similar space for me to place her food, she is not eating. I have tried leaving live prey in the enclosure (slow moving live prey, not a threat), pre-killed prey, I have also tried tweezer feeding to which she just ends up getting spooked. Luckily these are such hearty spiders, so I have some buffer time to figure this out, but I HATE knowing that she could be hungry and struggling with catching prey.
My WC female Kuk just had a bad molt. She ended up coming out of it with a lame leg. However, I do believe this injury affects her ability to pull the web from her spinnerets. She seems to have made some webbing, but nothing like she used to. On top of this I had to remove her hide that had most of her webbing due to mold. Super not great situation all around. I would have probably kept it in there had I know she would have a bad molt.
Now that she does not have her tube of extreme webbing and she is struggling to recreate a similar space for me to place her food, she is not eating. I have tried leaving live prey in the enclosure (slow moving live prey, not a threat), pre-killed prey, I have also tried tweezer feeding to which she just ends up getting spooked. Luckily these are such hearty spiders, so I have some buffer time to figure this out, but I HATE knowing that she could be hungry and struggling with catching prey.