Unexpected A. geniculata death

[mickeydubs]

Hello. I'm wondering if anybody has experienced something like the following: My subadult A. geniculata recently molted and, by all appearances, had a healthy molt. She was stretching out, wandered around a bit and had access to water. A few days later...she just died. Her teeth were still red (suggesting her exoskeleton had not yet hardened). There was plenty of water available, one corner of the enclosure was relatively moist. The temperature was just fine. There don't appear to be any mites or parasites on the spider or anywhere in the enclosure. There were no live prey items that could have harmed her. Any ideas?

 

[A guy]

Molting is not only an external process for them but it also affects them internally and it's also extremely exhausting. Lots can go wrong without any signs.

 

[jennywallace]

Yeah, could be anything, likely something internal that you won't see. Sorry for your loss.

 

[viper69]

Maybe dehydrated- no way to know

 

[Smotzer]

A few days later...she just died.

Sudden death is usually pretty rare from all my experience off and on the boards. But the ecdysis process can be taxing and perhaps there was a catastrophic internal issue or external.

Can you post photos of the enclosure for us? Is there any possibility that there was live prey still in the enclosure ?

 

[IntermittentSygnal]

So sorry for the loss of your Princess. Did it look like a wet molt? Any chance she could have fallen either from a height or on something hard?

 

[Smotzer]

Any chance she could have fallen either from a height or on something hard?

This is what I was leaning towards