my poor lil chaco

[clam1991]

my 1.5 inch chaco is gone
hes all curled up and isnt doing good at all
ive tried feeding him crickets
i made sure he could get water but today i found him curled up in a lil ball
poor lil guy....

 

[fang333999]

wow that really sucks dude sorry for your loss

 

[clam1991]

wait stop the presses shes moving again and i think shes even eating some baby isopods!!!!
she may pull through!!!!:worship:
i think im magic or something cuz 5 mins ago she was in a death curl
cross your fingers!!!

 

[fang333999]

sweet!! good luck!

 

[clam1991]

and were back to no movement at all
ill let u guys know later as right now im leaving to pick up a free macaw!!!!
pm me!

 

[Moltar]

You sure it's a death curl? Maybe she's just stressed and "scrunched up". In a death curl the legs are pulled under the body.

 

[clam1991]

yeah the legs are pulled up under her and shes not moving much unless i mist her container or blow on her a lil
but other than that nothing....

 

[Fluke]

what type of macaw you getting? i have a 13 year old blue and gold!

 

[clam1991]

its a scarlet and i got him for free!!!
and the cage was 80 but i can fit in it
(try and imagine a cage that would fit a 6 foot 2 man that weighs 285 pounds!

 

[No One]

Try putting a drop of water on the chaco. Or put a drop of water on the subsrtate and gently position the chaco over it so it can drink..
Hope it pulls through

 

[clam1991]

shes trying she starting to staighten out her two front legs
and shes getting a lil fatter so its looking up so far

 

[McKenize]

my 1.5 inch chaco is gone
hes all curled up and isnt doing good at all
ive tried feeding him crickets
i made sure he could get water but today i found him curled up in a lil ball
poor lil guy....

Do you have any ideas why your spider is in the death curl?

 

[clam1991]

no idea
but its to late shes gone now
i wish i knew

 

[McKenize]

I'm so sorry about your loss.

 

[oregongrown]

sorry to hear

 

[desertdweller]

So sorry to hear that. Next time you could try an emergency care system most of use in that case. Get a deli container and put some soft paper toweling in it with moisture but not soaking. Then cover her with same and lid. Put her in a warm place and wait a day or so. Sometimes they pull through. Other times...... Crazy hobby we have. Sometimes they just go through no fault of our own.

 

[clam1991]

i had her in a deli container half on a tank heater (small one)
and kept it moist
but no paper towel

i don't know that it would of made that much of a difference tho
o well my other 5 ts. soon to be 12
are doing great
and i have a lasiodora parahybana that is growing like a weed!

 

[Kamikaze]

Put a moist paper towel. It could help

 

[Moltar]

Next time don't do the heater, it's possible she got cooked. Heaters are generally a no-no for tarantulas, particularly when placed underneath the enclosure (rather than on the side) and in a small enclosure like a deli cup.