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Loose one Leg.. (IRRITANT PICTURE)
- Thread starter Hadi
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Awe bless him. Uhmmmmm how did it happen exactly... did it just all of a sudden pop off?
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I'm not sure I understood well (my english is bad...): do you mean that your T lost her two first legs? Or is did she lose only one of her second front legs?
Do you have an idea why this happened? Was there some kind of fight with too big a prey? Or is it possible she might have fallen from the top of the enclosure? What is the height between top and substrate? And what decoration?
Sometimes these things happen without us knowing the reason (one of my Ybyrapora diversipes lost one leg and one pedipalp in one week, and I still don't know why)...
Your T will be able to eat the preys without problems (maybe smaller preys just to be extra sure?) if she's only missing one or two legs. And they will regenerate with next molt (smaller, but after some molts they will have same size as the other legs). But the concern is: why did it happened and what can you do to stop this - of course if it's the second leg out of eight she's losing (if there's anything you can do)...
Do you have an idea why this happened? Was there some kind of fight with too big a prey? Or is it possible she might have fallen from the top of the enclosure? What is the height between top and substrate? And what decoration?
Sometimes these things happen without us knowing the reason (one of my Ybyrapora diversipes lost one leg and one pedipalp in one week, and I still don't know why)...
Your T will be able to eat the preys without problems (maybe smaller preys just to be extra sure?) if she's only missing one or two legs. And they will regenerate with next molt (smaller, but after some molts they will have same size as the other legs). But the concern is: why did it happened and what can you do to stop this - of course if it's the second leg out of eight she's losing (if there's anything you can do)...
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I had my A.seemanni loose her back leg. If its not leaking out fluid then she more then likely was able to seal it up. It will regenerate a new leg in the next couple molts. Never a good thing but if she's continuing to eat id say she's fine.
Nov 16
Feb 17
As you can see back leg is there now but looks a little different. She's ok though. Like I said shouldn't have to worry if she's taking food still. Not a happy thing by all means but in my experience she seems ok.
Nov 16
Feb 17
As you can see back leg is there now but looks a little different. She's ok though. Like I said shouldn't have to worry if she's taking food still. Not a happy thing by all means but in my experience she seems ok.
