JadeWilliamson
Arachnoknight
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- Apr 8, 2011
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Three days ago I saw my A. urticans looking a little lazy. I noticed the legs seemed to be tucked under a bit and that it hadn't moved much the past few days, let alone eaten at all recently. I proceeded to decide that it needed to be put in an ICU, where it sat for 24 hours. Upon observation after the 24-hour period, it was walking around and such, so I threw in a cricket leg in hopes that it'd chow down and be A-okay. It did indeed eat, and started webbing and climbing around the ICU. I gave it another 24 hours to recover and it looked just dandy! Last night I changed the substrate and the bark, misted, and put the specimen back in its home, where it couldn't have looked happier. This morning I found it curled at the bottom. It was still alive and making tiny movements, so I put it in the freezer to put it out of its misery and buried it shortly afterwards.
Any thoughts?
Points of particular interest to me:
1) There were extraordinarily tiny black bugs around it. Are these mites?
2) The substrate was a bit dry. This is why the decision was made to put it under intensive care.
Any thoughts?
Points of particular interest to me:
1) There were extraordinarily tiny black bugs around it. Are these mites?
2) The substrate was a bit dry. This is why the decision was made to put it under intensive care.