elysium
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I had my first death from my collection last night, and it is a very crappy feeling.
I found my half inch L difficilis in a death curl yesterday morning, and this morning she seems to be completely unresponsive.
Just a bit of background... I got 'Dora' (a freebie) as a newly hatched quarter inch sling with one of my other orders on May 6. I'd say I fed her every 3-4 days with pinhead crickets which she would tackle willingly or I would prekill them if they were slightly big. Either way she ate about 10 times before she molted on June 22. I waited a week as I do with all my Ts, and offered a prekilled pinhead. She did not eat. Since then, I have tried live pinheads, prekilled pinheads, chopped up supers, chopped up mealworms every 3-4 days, and I would always find the prey the next morning, seemingly uneaten. To this day, I don't think she ate in the past month and a bit ever since she molted...
I kept her in a 2oz dipping sauce container, with an inch of coco fibre for sub, a ring of holes on the side, and a bunch of holes on the lid. I keep the sub three quarters moist, with a dry patch in case she wants escape from the moisture. She would always sit on the moist side from what I saw. I made a small starter burrow which she never used. I had a couple small strings of moss for moisture, and a small lego piece as a water dish which I removed a few days ago because I was finding pinheads in it, though I made sure the sub remained moist. The interesting thing is I was also finding the ones I thought I prekilled in there, which makes me wonder if she was moving the dead crickets around, but not eating them. My room is a constant 75 degrees, 23ish celcius.
Yesterday morning she was in a death curl, barely moving. I didn't think an ICU would help, considering I would probably hurt it by accident given its size, so i just made sure the sub she was sitting on was more saturated than usual. I took a fat cricket and killed it and opened its gut and placed it right in front of the tiny sling, with the cricket juices barely touching the fangs. I found that she was slowly stretching the legs out by last night, though this morning she is completely unresponsive. Needless to say, I'm pretty bummed out about it.
I am also concerned about my husbandry, and if I did something wrong in her care to yield that result. I spend quite a deal of time on this forum every day learning about care, and I had thought I had gotten things right. I will also attach a couple pictures of the setup so that anyone can opine on anything they see wrong. Considering this is a Lasiodora which most folks say are one of the easiest genus to keep, I am slightly concerned as to how this could have happened. I have other more delicate species, like avics, that have been doing fine.
Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks.
I found my half inch L difficilis in a death curl yesterday morning, and this morning she seems to be completely unresponsive.
Just a bit of background... I got 'Dora' (a freebie) as a newly hatched quarter inch sling with one of my other orders on May 6. I'd say I fed her every 3-4 days with pinhead crickets which she would tackle willingly or I would prekill them if they were slightly big. Either way she ate about 10 times before she molted on June 22. I waited a week as I do with all my Ts, and offered a prekilled pinhead. She did not eat. Since then, I have tried live pinheads, prekilled pinheads, chopped up supers, chopped up mealworms every 3-4 days, and I would always find the prey the next morning, seemingly uneaten. To this day, I don't think she ate in the past month and a bit ever since she molted...
I kept her in a 2oz dipping sauce container, with an inch of coco fibre for sub, a ring of holes on the side, and a bunch of holes on the lid. I keep the sub three quarters moist, with a dry patch in case she wants escape from the moisture. She would always sit on the moist side from what I saw. I made a small starter burrow which she never used. I had a couple small strings of moss for moisture, and a small lego piece as a water dish which I removed a few days ago because I was finding pinheads in it, though I made sure the sub remained moist. The interesting thing is I was also finding the ones I thought I prekilled in there, which makes me wonder if she was moving the dead crickets around, but not eating them. My room is a constant 75 degrees, 23ish celcius.
Yesterday morning she was in a death curl, barely moving. I didn't think an ICU would help, considering I would probably hurt it by accident given its size, so i just made sure the sub she was sitting on was more saturated than usual. I took a fat cricket and killed it and opened its gut and placed it right in front of the tiny sling, with the cricket juices barely touching the fangs. I found that she was slowly stretching the legs out by last night, though this morning she is completely unresponsive. Needless to say, I'm pretty bummed out about it.
I am also concerned about my husbandry, and if I did something wrong in her care to yield that result. I spend quite a deal of time on this forum every day learning about care, and I had thought I had gotten things right. I will also attach a couple pictures of the setup so that anyone can opine on anything they see wrong. Considering this is a Lasiodora which most folks say are one of the easiest genus to keep, I am slightly concerned as to how this could have happened. I have other more delicate species, like avics, that have been doing fine.
Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks.