C. fimbriatus just Died!

[Leepbby]

I am at a loss. My juvienile female C. fimbriatus aka violet earth tiger tarantula went down into her burrow 4 days ago right after she had her meal and just died. I'm completely at a loss as to what might have happened. She was a voracious eater very active and as far as I could tell the only thing that was needed was to rehouse her but obviously that didn't get to happen. Usually just picking up her enclosure would get her to move around a lot and she did not spend a lot of time underground even though I know alot of this species does. So after watching this difference in her normal routine at the end of the 4th day I tried to see if I could coax her out with a long leaf but she didn't move at all. She was not in death curl whatsoever so its really stumped me. I ended up pulling up the dirt to completely check on her at this point and absolutely no movement. I needed to know if she was okay especially before trying to rehouse her. She's definitely had to have passed but her abdomen is not concaved or anything so its just mind boggling. I've had her for almost a 1 1/2 years now this is just so saddening. Has anything like this happened to anyone else that might have an idea on why she just Died?

 

[tarantulas118]

Can you take a pic of the enclosure also that substrate is loooooooking reeeaaaalllllyyyy damp maybe a little to damp?

 

[tarantulas118]

Can you take a pic of the enclosure also that substrate is loooooooking reeeaaaalllllyyyy damp maybe a little to damp?

The dampness could have caused the death

 

[mrsoul1974]

So sorry for your loss.

 

[Leepbby]

The dampness could have caused the death

The substrate is only damp because I tried to spray water to see if it would cause her to move that maybe she was dehydrated. The substrate was not wet prior to me pulling it back to reach her.

 

[Leepbby]

Can you take a pic of the enclosure also that substrate is loooooooking reeeaaaalllllyyyy damp maybe a little to damp?

Probably should have stated that I tried spraying or misting her to see if maybe she was dehydrated ONLY after I pulled up the substrate to get to her knowing someone would make an opinion like this.

 

[Lawrence b]

Sorry for your loss .

 

[Leepbby]

Sorry for your loss .

Thank you it actually saddened me more than I thought it would. I lost a A. metallica a few months back but it was his time its horrible when its a juvenile that you brought up from a sling but did not really get a chance to live. Its just sad .... But thank you again for the kind words...