A bad couple of weeks.

[Enn49]

Over the last 2 weeks I've had a run of bad luck losing 3 of my Ts.

First to die was my Neostenotarsus sp Guyana, Arawak. This one didn't surprise me too much as it had never thrived. I only ever saw it during rehousing or if I lifted its hide and in the 22 months it was with me it had only reached 1" dls although it seemed to eat well.

Second to go 2 days ago and the biggest shock of all was Kourou, my beautiful little Ephebopus cyanognathus, who seemed to be doing really well. It had hidden away in its burrow over the previous couple of days so I thought it was moulting. I began to worry that there was no sign of movement and found it in a death curl.

Tonight I went to remove an uneaten cricket, fed yesterday, to find my teeny little Theraphosinae sp. Villa Tunari (Bolivien), Pando, had also died. It hadn't eaten its last 2 feeds and was only around 0.25" dls.

RIP my 3 babies.

 

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Over the last 2 weeks I've had a run of bad luck losing 3 of my Ts.

First to die was my Neostenotarsus sp Guyana, Arawak. This one didn't surprise me too much as it had never thrived. I only ever saw it during rehousing or if I lifted its hide and in the 22 months it was with me it had only reached 1" dls although it seemed to eat well.

Second to go 2 days ago and the biggest shock of all was Kourou, my beautiful little Ephebopus cyanognathus, who seemed to be doing really well. It had hidden away in its burrow over the previous couple of days so I thought it was moulting. I began to worry that there was no sign of movement and found it in a death curl.

Tonight I went to remove an uneaten cricket, fed yesterday, to find my teeny little Theraphosinae sp. Villa Tunari (Bolivien), Pando, had also died. It hadn't eaten its last 2 feeds and was only around 0.25" dls.

RIP my 3 babies.

Sadness. Not sure if an official meaning but intend this emogee to be a pat on the shoulder.

 

[Kymura]

Oh no..Hun I'm so damn sorry.
so frustrating.



I get way to attached and I'm considering re-homing everyone but my genic.

 

[MassExodus]

Don't you have some new ones coming Enn? That will help cheer you up..

 

[Enn49]

Sadness. Not sure if an official meaning but intend this emogee to be a pat on the shoulder.

Thank you.

Sorry to hear that Ennie, I'm still learning that some don't make it, especially slings, I've learned from you guys that we can only do our best

Thank you. that's true. I have 4 MMs that could go at any time and I lose little ones, so frustrating.

Oh no..Hun I'm so damn sorry.
so frustrating.

I get way to attached and I'm considering re-homing everyone but my genic.

No, you can't do that, it would break your heart to get rid of them all

Don't you have some new ones coming Enn? That will help cheer you up..

Yes, hopefully they should be here on Saturday/Sunday.

 

[Fuzzball79]

So sorry to hear that. It's always horrible to lost one of those little critters.

I think I might be losing my GBB, he's not eating at all. I've tried everything and he seems to be able to drink. Can't see anything wrong with him physically (other than getting thinner and scruffy looking), but obviously you can't see what's going on inside their wee bodies. No mites or other visible influences and all the other Ts are doing great.
He's by no means mature yet (unless he has a severe case of dwarfism, his body is around 1"), so maybe it's just like your Arawak and he's not thriving.

 

[Enn49]

@Fuzzball It's awful watching them deteriorate and not be able to help them. I hope your GBB pulls round and starts eating again.

 

[kormath]

So sorry to hear that. It's always horrible to lost one of those little critters.

I think I might be losing my GBB, he's not eating at all. I've tried everything and he seems to be able to drink. Can't see anything wrong with him physically (other than getting thinner and scruffy looking), but obviously you can't see what's going on inside their wee bodies. No mites or other visible influences and all the other Ts are doing great.
He's by no means mature yet (unless he has a severe case of dwarfism, his body is around 1"), so maybe it's just like your Arawak and he's not thriving.

when was he last rehoused? I've found with my 2 when they start getting "drepressed" as my son calls it, rehousing them is like giving them a xanax, they perked right back up. I'm wondering if they get bored with their enclosure and need something new after a while.

More likely there was something they didn't like about their enclosure and the rehousing removed it.

 

[Fuzzball79]

when was he last rehoused? I've found with my 2 when they start getting "drepressed" as my son calls it, rehousing them is like giving them a xanax, they perked right back up. I'm wondering if they get bored with their enclosure and need something new after a while.

More likely there was something they didn't like about their enclosure and the rehousing removed it.

It wasn't that long ago I rehoused him, because he started his fasting not long after his last moult (only had one meal), stopped webbing/fixing his web. He webbed in his new tub, but spends most of his time hiding under his bark now. It's kept on the dry side (bar a water dish, which he uses) and temperatures around 75F. Maybe he's just sick? It happened with my P.Metallica sling. Although it started off fine and eating well, it never grew much which each molt and then one day decided to stop eating and webbing and just died. Again no outside influences and good enclosure conditions.

 

[kormath]

I made a thread about my G.Porteri being ill but this thread seems better, saturday it was curling up and falling on its face, that paired with the shrivelled abdomen made me fear the worst but I have since put it in two kinds of ICU it seems much more alert and back on its toes... A pic of it in a bad way in ICU 1
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Its pedipalps were useless at the time and I was feeling heartbroken but today it looks a lot better, and I'm wondering if bone dry is too dry for even Rosies? I've posted this here because of my recent losses and we should just try our best for our passion!

i keep my rosea bone dry except for overflowing the water dish every couple weeks. When it's in premolt and post molt recovery i overflow the dish every time i fill it. When i overflow i add just enough water for the surface tension bubble to break and the water to dribble down the side.