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I went out of town for a day, and left my spiders sitting in the corner with a heater that I have been using to keep them a little warm.
I get back today, find my versicolor scrunched up in the bottom of his container - dead. My Rosie had tunneled itself in the corner of his enclosure, but seems to be doing okay. I have a curlyhair sling that seems to be doing allright now, but is moving around a little slow....Also have a P. Irminia, who also seems to be doing fine.
I think the enclosure that I had the versicolor in just wasn't getting the proper circulation, and he just had a final sauna before heading up to spider heaven.
I had used the heater before, but I guess unattended it got a little hot for the little buggers. I am REAL mad at myself right now, but at least I only had a 25% casualty rate.
Has anyone else ever done anything irresponsible (other than dropping) that has resulted in casualties? It would make me feel a lot better knowing that I'm not the only one that has - also, do you guys have any recommendations to check the health of the survivors? The temp gauge in Rosies container read 100 - so I'm assuming they've all been subjected to that kind of heat for more than a few hours......
I get back today, find my versicolor scrunched up in the bottom of his container - dead. My Rosie had tunneled itself in the corner of his enclosure, but seems to be doing okay. I have a curlyhair sling that seems to be doing allright now, but is moving around a little slow....Also have a P. Irminia, who also seems to be doing fine.
I think the enclosure that I had the versicolor in just wasn't getting the proper circulation, and he just had a final sauna before heading up to spider heaven.
I had used the heater before, but I guess unattended it got a little hot for the little buggers. I am REAL mad at myself right now, but at least I only had a 25% casualty rate.
Has anyone else ever done anything irresponsible (other than dropping) that has resulted in casualties? It would make me feel a lot better knowing that I'm not the only one that has - also, do you guys have any recommendations to check the health of the survivors? The temp gauge in Rosies container read 100 - so I'm assuming they've all been subjected to that kind of heat for more than a few hours......