Hey guys, so I've kept T's for a while now but have recently stumbled across an oddity. I purchased 2 WC avic avic juveniles (~2") back in early August. Both seemed healthy and acted fine and were eating well for the first few months I had them. One remains in tip top shape, has molted into a suspect male, is still active and all that. The other, however, has passed. The other was fine until I noticed about 2 weeks ago that its abdomen looked noticeably smaller (slightly shriveled) and its spinnerets seemed odd, with a bit of dry looking white stuff on them. It was still active but less so than normal. I watered her good and let it play out. She didn't seem to improve. She gradually became more lethargic and wasn't eating. Two days ago I found her curled belly up (not the molt kind) with a drop of liquid covering her spinnerets (blood maybe?). I left her be in hopes of not stirring up (keeping contained) a hypothetical parasite that she may have. The following day a large portion of her abdomen seemed to have dissolved, for lack of a better term and today it is gone almost entirely. The two avics, as well as several other spiders, were kept in the same conditions with adequate temperatures and all that and I've had no other problems. Any ideas what may have happened? A friend of mine who lives a few miles away has an A. metallica that seems to have developed the same symptoms to the tee. I know avics can be a bit touchy and anything can happen with WC things. Just seeing if anybody has had this happen or has any thoughts.
Thanks in advance guys
Note - there are isopods in the enclosure so some decomposition of the spider may be due to that.
Thanks in advance guys
Note - there are isopods in the enclosure so some decomposition of the spider may be due to that.