My 3" A. Geniculata had been acting very sluggish for the past 3-4 days, and I was assuming it was due to an upcoming molt. He would only sit in one corner of his enclosure, seldomly just turning, barely moving at all. His enclosure is kept at a pretty constant temperature of 80 degrees, humidity at about 70-75%.
This morning he looked weaker than before, almost shriveled up, still hanging out in the same spot. About 1 month ago I replenished his substrate with fresh peat moss because I had an outbreak of baby crickets. I hadn't misted the enclosure since then, but I always keep a full water dish.
I decided to mist the sides, and within 1 minute he was sipping in the droplets on the side of the tank. Now, 2 hours later he looks 100% better.
Does anybody have a clue why he didn't just walk over to his waterdish which is always filled with fresh water? I am just glad he's looking so much better - don't even want to think about losing this pretty boy. Hopefully he's hydrated enough now so should he molt within the next few days he won't have any problems.
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Wendy
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This morning he looked weaker than before, almost shriveled up, still hanging out in the same spot. About 1 month ago I replenished his substrate with fresh peat moss because I had an outbreak of baby crickets. I hadn't misted the enclosure since then, but I always keep a full water dish.
I decided to mist the sides, and within 1 minute he was sipping in the droplets on the side of the tank. Now, 2 hours later he looks 100% better.
Does anybody have a clue why he didn't just walk over to his waterdish which is always filled with fresh water? I am just glad he's looking so much better - don't even want to think about losing this pretty boy. Hopefully he's hydrated enough now so should he molt within the next few days he won't have any problems.
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Wendy
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