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Arachnopeon
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Hi all,
I'm very worried about my little A. versicolor sling Merlin. Two mornings ago I discovered he'd moulted overnight; everything seemed fine, he was the right way up and moving around a little. (He was about half an inch before -- difficult to tell how big he is now.)
Later that day when I checked I found him moving very strangely: he'd jolt as though he'd been poked, move a few steps very quickly and stop again, several times in a row. My first thought was DKS, but I've compared it to Youtube videos and it didn't look quite like it; and he's not twitching when sitting still, and seems to have control of his legs. A little later that day he was webbing away and seemed to be moving okay.
But for the last couple of days now he's been all huddled up -- most legs drawn inwards but one or two sticking out at strange angles. (Edited to add: it doesn't look like a death curl, from photos I've seen of that.) He obviously does still move around because he's in slightly different positions whenever I check on him, but I've not actually observed him do it since Friday, so I'm not sure what it looks like. It seems he's done a bit of webbing overnight -- I don't know if that's a good sign.
I'm not quite sure what to do -- I'd rather not disturb him, but if he needs to be in an ICU...
What do people think? Does this sound like normal behaviour?
I'm very worried about my little A. versicolor sling Merlin. Two mornings ago I discovered he'd moulted overnight; everything seemed fine, he was the right way up and moving around a little. (He was about half an inch before -- difficult to tell how big he is now.)
Later that day when I checked I found him moving very strangely: he'd jolt as though he'd been poked, move a few steps very quickly and stop again, several times in a row. My first thought was DKS, but I've compared it to Youtube videos and it didn't look quite like it; and he's not twitching when sitting still, and seems to have control of his legs. A little later that day he was webbing away and seemed to be moving okay.
But for the last couple of days now he's been all huddled up -- most legs drawn inwards but one or two sticking out at strange angles. (Edited to add: it doesn't look like a death curl, from photos I've seen of that.) He obviously does still move around because he's in slightly different positions whenever I check on him, but I've not actually observed him do it since Friday, so I'm not sure what it looks like. It seems he's done a bit of webbing overnight -- I don't know if that's a good sign.
I'm not quite sure what to do -- I'd rather not disturb him, but if he needs to be in an ICU...
What do people think? Does this sound like normal behaviour?
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