I aquired an a. metallica about two weeks ago. I moved her from her deli container (in which s/he had appeared to have been in for a while as it was heavily webbed and there was lots of droppings) in to a 5 gallon aquarium with a high lid with light fixture. Four or five days after I had place her/him in the tank there was some mold developing, so I switched substrate and cleaned every thing. I also drilled holes in the lid for better ventalation. During the time my T was out of the tank she was in a large yogurt container and the container was knocked of the shelf he/r tank was on and she (in the container) fell about four feet. When I put her/him back in the tank s/he seemed fine she scurred out of the container when nudged gentally and has no visible sign of injury. S/he spent the next couple days up in the lid by the light fixture (where s/he had spent the majority of the time since coming home). For the last 36 hours or so she has been on the side of the tank half lying in the substrate.
see here:
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=18459
Her/his top side legs still appear to be stuck to the glass.
In your experiance do you think she is about to molt?
Or
Do you think the fall did some internal damage?
Or
Do you think the mold has made her/him sick?
Please help, this is my first T and I am very conserned, I really hope s/he is about to molt and not about to die!
see here:
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=18459
Her/his top side legs still appear to be stuck to the glass.
In your experiance do you think she is about to molt?
Or
Do you think the fall did some internal damage?
Or
Do you think the mold has made her/him sick?
Please help, this is my first T and I am very conserned, I really hope s/he is about to molt and not about to die!
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