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Due to an incident involving a .45 caliber rifle and an african dwarf frog, I ended up with an injured G. Rosea. When the dust settled from the rosie's cage dropping 4 foot and spilling it's contents, the result was a spider leaking fluid from what appeared to be the vicinity of the right front leg. I'd say the amount was a dollop about the diameter of a pinky finger nail. The abdomen appears to be intact.
I got her back in her keeper and put a water source back in it and covered it with a towel for darkness to help reduce stress. She has travelled across the tank overnite so she isn't incapacitated. I see no signs of further fluid loss as of this writing, the injury happened roughly nine hours ago. At the moment she is kind of huddled in the corner of the keeper, but does not look particularily unnatural. I haven't seen whether the suspected injured leg is ambulatory or not.
So, what I am wondering is, in the worst case scenario, how much time would pass before any internal injuries would take their toll? Do they linger, or do they die pretty quickly from internal injuries? Would a week be a large enough window of time for me to breathe a sigh of relief? How soon before I should try to introduce food to see if she shows any interest? (Of course,her being a rosie, appetite won't be much of an indicator, I realize.)
I'm pretty concerned. I've had 4 other T's over the years and this was the first to not wind up being a male. So I rather hate to lose her. I'm hoping I lucked out on this one.
I got her back in her keeper and put a water source back in it and covered it with a towel for darkness to help reduce stress. She has travelled across the tank overnite so she isn't incapacitated. I see no signs of further fluid loss as of this writing, the injury happened roughly nine hours ago. At the moment she is kind of huddled in the corner of the keeper, but does not look particularily unnatural. I haven't seen whether the suspected injured leg is ambulatory or not.
So, what I am wondering is, in the worst case scenario, how much time would pass before any internal injuries would take their toll? Do they linger, or do they die pretty quickly from internal injuries? Would a week be a large enough window of time for me to breathe a sigh of relief? How soon before I should try to introduce food to see if she shows any interest? (Of course,her being a rosie, appetite won't be much of an indicator, I realize.)
I'm pretty concerned. I've had 4 other T's over the years and this was the first to not wind up being a male. So I rather hate to lose her. I'm hoping I lucked out on this one.