Have a Chilean Rose female that is at least 2 and a half years old, could be older. She is an adult at about 4" if I were to muster a guess.
She started to molt around 11am today. I noticed she was on her back. I didn't know they go on their backs to molt, so I turned her over. She was lethargic and didnt seem to have the energy to turn back over, so I very carefully put her back on her back where she stayed all day. Around 7pm, she started to actually molt. She was having problems getting the piece off of her abdomen and I read that if that is on for too long, it could cover the book lungs. She was moving her legs quite actively (based on the molting videos I watched on the net). She stopped moving and didnt move at all for a couple of hours, so I read that if the piece on her abdomen is on too long, it could suffocate her because its covering the book lungs up. I very carefully pulled the piece back with some tweezers and she perked back up again a little and now she is not moving at all.
I made an ICU for her and put her on her back in the ICU, but I strongly feel she is gone. I will give it a few days before making any decisions.
Is there anything else I can do or try? So far, she just had the bottom piece of her abdomen off and is stuck with the rest of her body. I have read where people have carefully pulled the molt off as a last ditch effort, but all of her legs are still in and it doesnt look like I could get any of the molt off at all.
As far as my ICU, I wet a couple of paper towells and put them in the bottom of a shallow (cool whip size) container. I put one hole in for ventilation that is about the diameter of a pencil. From others experiences, is this about all I can do or is there something else I can try? I dont want to give up hope and really want to do everything I can.
I have used the search function and didnt really see anything that has to do with a T being stuck so early in a molt.
Any help???
She started to molt around 11am today. I noticed she was on her back. I didn't know they go on their backs to molt, so I turned her over. She was lethargic and didnt seem to have the energy to turn back over, so I very carefully put her back on her back where she stayed all day. Around 7pm, she started to actually molt. She was having problems getting the piece off of her abdomen and I read that if that is on for too long, it could cover the book lungs. She was moving her legs quite actively (based on the molting videos I watched on the net). She stopped moving and didnt move at all for a couple of hours, so I read that if the piece on her abdomen is on too long, it could suffocate her because its covering the book lungs up. I very carefully pulled the piece back with some tweezers and she perked back up again a little and now she is not moving at all.
I made an ICU for her and put her on her back in the ICU, but I strongly feel she is gone. I will give it a few days before making any decisions.
Is there anything else I can do or try? So far, she just had the bottom piece of her abdomen off and is stuck with the rest of her body. I have read where people have carefully pulled the molt off as a last ditch effort, but all of her legs are still in and it doesnt look like I could get any of the molt off at all.
As far as my ICU, I wet a couple of paper towells and put them in the bottom of a shallow (cool whip size) container. I put one hole in for ventilation that is about the diameter of a pencil. From others experiences, is this about all I can do or is there something else I can try? I dont want to give up hope and really want to do everything I can.
I have used the search function and didnt really see anything that has to do with a T being stuck so early in a molt.
Any help???