chewietobbacca
Arachnopeon
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- Jul 31, 2007
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Hey guys,
So my Smithi has been really sluggish lately. It's an about 1" long sling. When I tried feeding it crickets or mealworms, it would either ignore the food, or in the case of the cricket, it would chase it away. I was beginning to believe it was in premolt. Looking at the abodmen, I noticed it was developing a black spot, hopefully meaning it was getting ready to molt.
Today, when I woke up, I saw the smithi just sitting there, as usual, since lately it rarely moves at all. The black spot still hasn't covered the entire abdomen, just a small part of it. I dropped a small drop of water down the wall of its cube towards it but even that didn't get it to move. To make sure it was still alive, I gently prodded its leg with a bamboo tweezer and it didn't even react to it.
Should I just leave it alone and hope for the best? It's abdomen seems decent sized - definitely not shriveling and there's a small water dish in the cube (more of a plastic bottle cap with water) and I occasionaly mist a wall with water for it to drink. I figure bothering it further isn't necessary but it not even reacting to light prodding is somewhat troubling. Anyone have any similar experiences to this?
So my Smithi has been really sluggish lately. It's an about 1" long sling. When I tried feeding it crickets or mealworms, it would either ignore the food, or in the case of the cricket, it would chase it away. I was beginning to believe it was in premolt. Looking at the abodmen, I noticed it was developing a black spot, hopefully meaning it was getting ready to molt.
Today, when I woke up, I saw the smithi just sitting there, as usual, since lately it rarely moves at all. The black spot still hasn't covered the entire abdomen, just a small part of it. I dropped a small drop of water down the wall of its cube towards it but even that didn't get it to move. To make sure it was still alive, I gently prodded its leg with a bamboo tweezer and it didn't even react to it.
Should I just leave it alone and hope for the best? It's abdomen seems decent sized - definitely not shriveling and there's a small water dish in the cube (more of a plastic bottle cap with water) and I occasionaly mist a wall with water for it to drink. I figure bothering it further isn't necessary but it not even reacting to light prodding is somewhat troubling. Anyone have any similar experiences to this?