Just got my very first T s’ling recently (g. Pulchra, about 1”-1.5”) and to make a long story shorter, I messed up badly and the poor thing took about a 3’ fall.
I feel so awful. My bare foot broke its fall a little... and then it bolted into an area that honestly had a lot of random dust in it. Seemed to be moving normally, no obvious rupture to its abdomen or anything overtly injured looking. Got it back into its enclosure and it was preening on and off like crazy for the rest of the afternoon/ early evening. But now it’s huddled in the corner of its enclosure, and hardly moving. Its legs are up around its face as if it’s in just a stress huddle... but it hasn’t moved at all. The little guy or gal is typically active enough to where if I peek in on it after a couple of hours it’s usually moved at least a little bit.
My concern is that maybe it has some kind of internal damage? Or maybe picked up some kind of toxin while it was evading capture?
I dropped some water in front of its face but otherwise have been just leaving it alone...
How long can T’s stay in that stressed, face-hiding huddle? Or is this how a death curl starts?
I feel so awful. My bare foot broke its fall a little... and then it bolted into an area that honestly had a lot of random dust in it. Seemed to be moving normally, no obvious rupture to its abdomen or anything overtly injured looking. Got it back into its enclosure and it was preening on and off like crazy for the rest of the afternoon/ early evening. But now it’s huddled in the corner of its enclosure, and hardly moving. Its legs are up around its face as if it’s in just a stress huddle... but it hasn’t moved at all. The little guy or gal is typically active enough to where if I peek in on it after a couple of hours it’s usually moved at least a little bit.
My concern is that maybe it has some kind of internal damage? Or maybe picked up some kind of toxin while it was evading capture?
I dropped some water in front of its face but otherwise have been just leaving it alone...
How long can T’s stay in that stressed, face-hiding huddle? Or is this how a death curl starts?
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