Scabby sternum GBB

[Witchwithoutabroom]

I just noticed that my GBB's sternum is blue and scabby. I dropped a cricket in the other day, which she ate. Is it possible that this cricket hurt her or that there might be a small cockroach (dubia) hiding in her enclosure and attacking her at night? I am worried, this looks serious.

 

[Liquifin]

If it is eating then it should be fine and will probably recover on her next molt cycle. It seems like it is either a cyst or an injury, but it looks more like an injury to me. Either something caused it such as falling from excess height, a burn, decoration causing injury, or something along those lines. But who knows? I would just monitor it and treat her normally until her next molt cycle if she is still eating just fine.

 

[IntermittentSygnal]

If you post a pic of the entire enclosure, folks here can provide further recommendations.

 

[viper69]

Not likely at all

Something happened something serious from the looks

 

[Wolfram1]

oh god that looks bad, could go ether way

lets hope it doesnt end like it did with this one

Maybe one too many crickets for this little one

So I more or less just wanted to take this opportunity to post pictures of my rather plump T. vagans, but I might as well ask, does this look like premolt to you? I apologize for the poor camera quality

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[Witchwithoutabroom]

That is the enclosure, my partner rearranged not long ago (4 days maybe) because it was a bit too busy he said. She is in this enclosure for more than a year now, and only used one half of the enclosure and seemed scared of the other half. I am unsure if that injury was there after the rearrangement or before. Should I rehome her into a smaller enclosure so I can make sure there is no feeders hiding anywhere or would that be too much stress now?

That was the enclosure before the rearrangement of my partner. No injuries in this for over a year and molted in this twice

 

[Smotzer]

That was the enclosure before the rearrangement of my partner. No injuries in this for over a year and molted in this twice

how much height is there from substrate level to the top of the lid, it looks like there might be a good amount of height and perhaps this could be how an injury had formed. Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens is indeed terrestrial and still should not be set up with too much height they are heavy bodied.

 

[Witchwithoutabroom]

how much height is there from substrate level to the top of the lid, it looks like there might be a good amount of height and perhaps this could be how an injury had formed. Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens is indeed terrestrial and still should not be set up with too much height they are heavy bodied.

It's about 15-18 cm tall, I will her in something smaller, thank you

 

[Wolfram1]

Post a picture from the side first, it looks like it may be too high, but its hard to judge.

I can't tell exactly what caused this, but my guess would be that it jammed itself into a tight space shortly after the molt and thus injured itself by scraping on a rough surface while still fairly soft. If so this would be and older injury.

If you are lucky it will manage to produce an intact exosceleton underneath and be just fine. I would be more worried if the injury was recent or happened close to an upcoming molt.

 

[Smotzer]

It's about 15-18 cm tall, I will her in something smaller, thank you

You can also try adding a lot more substrate so there is only 1.5x diagonal legs span from substrate to lid.

 

[Witchwithoutabroom]

Post a picture from the side first, it looks like it may be too high, but its hard to judge.

I can't tell exactly what caused this, but my guess would be that it jammed itself into a tight space shortly after the molt and thus injured itself by scraping on a rough surface while still fairly soft. If so this would be and older injury.

If you are lucky it will manage to produce an intact exosceleton underneath and be just fine. I would be more worried if the injury was recent or happened close to an upcoming molt.

It is definitely a more recent injury. I look at her all the time from that side and I would have definitely noticed if that happend before Christmas...she last molted in july 2022 and ate a week ago. She hasn't been eating regularly since her last molt and also takes only one cricket at a time, so it takes a while to get her fat and ready for her next molt. But technically she should be ready to molt soonish...
Sadly I can't take a picture right now because I am with family on holiday..
Would it be too much stress now considering that she could molt in the next three months, to put her in something smaller for "quarantine" so I can make sure she can't injure herself even more.

 

[Smotzer]

It is definitely a more recent injury. I look at her all the time from that side and I would have definitely noticed if that happend before Christmas...she last molted in july 2022 and ate a week ago. She hasn't been eating regularly since her last molt and also takes only one cricket at a time, so it takes a while to get her fat and ready for her next molt. But technically she should be ready to molt soonish...
Sadly I can't take a picture right now because I am with family on holiday..
Would it be too much stress now considering that she could molt in the next three months, to put her in something smaller for "quarantine" so I can make sure she can't injure herself even more.

I mean I don't think there's anything you need to "quarantine" but it will be helpful to rehouse it and add more substrate to reduce any potential further fall injury and remove any hard or sharp objects as well. I would do this ASAP if you believe it is indeed a new injury that means something is not safe so I would redo the enclosure to mitigate all of that.