Tarantula Died, Strange Circumstances

[GoliathusRegius]

I found my pink toe tarantula, who was perfectly fine this morning, dead just now. She was next to her moult so I figured a molt gone wrong, not too unusual but looking closer at it, most of her abdomen was actually stuck to the completely detached molt. I've looked around online and can't find others who've had tarantulas die in a similar way, does anyone know why this might have happened?

 

[viper69]

I’ve had this happen, but no death. That’s a bummer for sure

 

[DomGom TheFather]

Could it have taken a fall while molting?
Could just be bad luck. I hate the stuff but everybody gets a serving now and again. Even spiders.

 

[Kibosh]

Colonel Mustard in the ball room with bad husbandry. Lol sorry dealing with a dead T here and that is very sad, but you said "Strange Circumstances" and I couldn't help myself. I also tend to deal with grief with humor.

Classic bad molt. Barring your enclosure being too dry there was nothing you can do. Sorry for your loss .

 

[Edan bandoot]

Colonel Mustard in the ball room with bad husbandry. Lol sorry dealing with a dead T here and that is very sad, but you said "Strange Circumstances" and I couldn't help myself. I also tend to deal with grief with humor.

Classic bad molt. Barring your enclosure being too dry there was nothing you can do. Sorry for your loss .

I don't think ambient humidity affects molts at all as opposed to the hydration of the spider.

They drench themselves in a liquid to help lubricate themselves and ease the process of squeezing out of their old exoskeleton.

I'd imagine if you had too much top ventilation and they had a particularly long molt there might be too much evaporation, but that's my only kinda humidity related thing that affects molts.

I'd call his situation bad luck.

 

[Kibosh]

I don't think ambient humidity affects molts at all as opposed to the hydration of the spider.

They drench themselves in a liquid to help lubricate themselves and ease the process of squeezing out of their old exoskeleton.

I'd imagine if you had too much top ventilation and they had a particularly long molt there might be too much evaporation, but that's my only kinda humidity related thing that affects molts.

I'd call his situation bad luck.

Agreed. I just tend to link enclosure humidity with a well hydrated T for those species that are moisture dependent, which I know is wrong and bad husbandry. It's easy to think that a humid environment leads to easier molts which isn't always true. Thanks for pointing that out.

Hydrated T is a good molting T.

 

[jc55]

I once had a versicolor die after a molt where the abdomen never separated from the old exoskeleton and it was the first one i owned and really showing their beautiful coloration.Sorry to hear you lost your t.

 

[thedragonslapper]

Sorry to hear about this . I had a similar experience with an adult P. cancerdies years ago that I purchased from a local Repticon. Big and vicious thing with a good appetite. She (?) molted one day and I gave her the obligatory 2 weeks to recover before offering her food again, but she wouldn't accept. One morning I came home and found her unmistakably dead and remain at a loss of explanation for it, only that it happened not long after her last molt. Whether that had anything really to do with it I'll never know. Sudden death syndrome or else losing a T for unknown reasons sucks, but it unfortunately happens now and then. it's the one and only thing I truly dislike about T keeping.