Hi guys,
I just wanted to share something that happened to me this weekend.
I am fostering about 70 A. avicularia slings for a friend. She lent her MM to another hobbyist and an eggsac was produced from that.
The babies are 2nd instars. They are all in vials, they have substrate, and a piece of silk leaf in there to anchor their web.
I was checking on them this weekend, and I noticed one of the slings didn't look right.
It seems that since a cut-off piece of silk leaf was in there, a strand of the leaf wrapped around the carapace of the baby, and it squished the sling.
I'm guessing it kept tightening as he tried to free himself, and killed it![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I just wanted to share so the same thing doesn't happen to other slings.
I just wanted to share something that happened to me this weekend.
I am fostering about 70 A. avicularia slings for a friend. She lent her MM to another hobbyist and an eggsac was produced from that.
The babies are 2nd instars. They are all in vials, they have substrate, and a piece of silk leaf in there to anchor their web.
I was checking on them this weekend, and I noticed one of the slings didn't look right.
It seems that since a cut-off piece of silk leaf was in there, a strand of the leaf wrapped around the carapace of the baby, and it squished the sling.
I'm guessing it kept tightening as he tried to free himself, and killed it
I just wanted to share so the same thing doesn't happen to other slings.
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