at my work, we have two tarantulas. up until last week, they had permenantly been living in some rather small carry-case terrariums. these cases were apparently never washed as long as they lived in them, and these spiders were handled, sometimes often, sometimes not handled for months(?) at a time, and when they were handled, many children and adults may have held them, since we do insect petting zoo's.
last week, i switched each tarantula into a new container... since i really don't know what kind of tarantulas they are, i did my best to give them both places to hide, as well as move around and climb... the one that may now be dead, was really quite happy it seemed!
they never in their lives at this office had a heating pad or anything special. i'm sure they were sometimes not fed/watered, and over-handled, sometimes even dropped...
but, anyway, i had put a rather large/wide paper towl tube of some sort in both tanks, and one tarantula had been in there for a few days, actually, until today i decided to shoo her out of there... instead she slid out, possibly rearranging her legs from a death curl that she may have been in... and after my co-worker and i sprayed her a little, blew on her, and then prodded at her slightly... i've come to the conclusion she may be dead. ):
now what?! i'm quite sad she's died... but i'm really not sure what to do.
i'm sure my office would love to have her body for showing at insect zoo's...
is there a way to do that?
i feel like this long post may be all in vain, since i can't fully explain this tarantulas habitat and etc... why did she die? /:
last week, i switched each tarantula into a new container... since i really don't know what kind of tarantulas they are, i did my best to give them both places to hide, as well as move around and climb... the one that may now be dead, was really quite happy it seemed!
they never in their lives at this office had a heating pad or anything special. i'm sure they were sometimes not fed/watered, and over-handled, sometimes even dropped...
but, anyway, i had put a rather large/wide paper towl tube of some sort in both tanks, and one tarantula had been in there for a few days, actually, until today i decided to shoo her out of there... instead she slid out, possibly rearranging her legs from a death curl that she may have been in... and after my co-worker and i sprayed her a little, blew on her, and then prodded at her slightly... i've come to the conclusion she may be dead. ):
now what?! i'm quite sad she's died... but i'm really not sure what to do.
i'm sure my office would love to have her body for showing at insect zoo's...
is there a way to do that?
i feel like this long post may be all in vain, since i can't fully explain this tarantulas habitat and etc... why did she die? /: