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Got a bit of a bother with my ghost ornamental ATM.
As some know she dropped one of her back legs randomly a few days ago and up until last night she was getting on fine and crawling all over her enclosure as normal.
During routine maintenance last night I found tiny white worm-like things in her water bowl and roaming around her substrate, for the second time. I removed her from her enclosure and set up a brand new one with arid dry substrate that I added a little water to and mixed up to give it some structure, brand new cork bark piece and brand new plants..... that irradiated the little worm things, for now, although they might be the beneficial custodial worms that won't harm her but I can't be sure.
Any way, I moved her into the new one so there is no webbing or silk strands in there anywhere and she has now lost the ability to get a good grip on the sides of the enclosure. She loves to hide under the lid but now she keeps losing footing whilst roaming around the walls and has fallen a good 3-4" a few times and I'm concerned about her safety. I have already done research with not much luck but I read that when they reach pre-moult, they lose some of their grip so I'm praying that's all it is and she will moult and be back to normal afterwards?!. Any thoughts?.
Crap pic I know but does she look like she could be in pre-moult?, she did refuse her last meal.
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As some know she dropped one of her back legs randomly a few days ago and up until last night she was getting on fine and crawling all over her enclosure as normal.
During routine maintenance last night I found tiny white worm-like things in her water bowl and roaming around her substrate, for the second time. I removed her from her enclosure and set up a brand new one with arid dry substrate that I added a little water to and mixed up to give it some structure, brand new cork bark piece and brand new plants..... that irradiated the little worm things, for now, although they might be the beneficial custodial worms that won't harm her but I can't be sure.
Any way, I moved her into the new one so there is no webbing or silk strands in there anywhere and she has now lost the ability to get a good grip on the sides of the enclosure. She loves to hide under the lid but now she keeps losing footing whilst roaming around the walls and has fallen a good 3-4" a few times and I'm concerned about her safety. I have already done research with not much luck but I read that when they reach pre-moult, they lose some of their grip so I'm praying that's all it is and she will moult and be back to normal afterwards?!. Any thoughts?.
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