If you catch it on time. But a very high chance that most wont make it because it would be to late. It's such a sad deathCan impaction be prevented somehow?
What do you do if you catch it on time?
If you catch it on time. But a very high chance that most wont make it because it would be to late. It's such a sad death
You have to hydrate the butt. With a cotton swab with warm water. (I read a post on it somewhere on here)
Miralax in the water dish.
That's one possibility. But noone has really found the definitive cause. An idea gaining a lot of merit is that the blockage may be caused by something not moulting away correctly from that area, during the tarantulas last moult.
That idea has no merit in my circumstance. This is not always the case at all.
I believe so
That's really interesting. I see you replied underneath that you feel hydration could be a cause. Is that from what you saw in your own collection, or did you identify another cause?
What about their "suction stomach?" I thought I read through the link above that that was thought to be related (with pictures of molts showing what to look for) to impactions.
You are correct. I wish in my case I had checked the molt years ago. Real shame as the species was one of the larger ones too.