Oh No!

[ACoopBB24]

i have an about 4-4.5" L. parahybana that molted today....and i was checking on him/her tonight to make sure everything went fine....well everything went great (it grew quite a bit) except for 1 crutial thing. as i was watching him/her i noticed that she only has 1 fang!! it looks like one of them just totally came off!! i dont ever remember hearing about sumthing like this before. I seem to have trouble with my T's fangs b/c my usambara had problems 2.....just not this bad


any help or suggestions?

Thanx

 

[Mendi]

It should be back next molt, and it shouldn't have trouble eating since it still has one fang left. If you are worried you can always kill and feed the T some diced crickets/roaches or beef heart. I've read in this and other forums where both fangs get stuck and have been lost in a molt. Feeding them the chopped prey items is what they have to have then, as they can't open them up for their selves until they have them back. I don't think I've ever read of one dying from this condition, unless they were in poor health to begin with... You might be needing a bit more humid condition in the enclosures though around molting time though to reduce chances of this happening in the future

 

[MizM]

Read this, it should calm your fears and help if you need to assist in feeding:http://atshq.org/articles/tavdwp.html