CA Trapdoor Help

Wikiman12 · Jul 24, 2014

Hello all,

I recently acquired a 1 cm, female Calif. trapdoor spider. However, she hasn't moved for 24 hours and is barely responsive. I sloped her enclosure, mixed some peat and sand with the dirt in her environment, and made a "burrow." Is she injured, or just stressed out? :?

JohnDapiaoen · Jul 24, 2014

To be honest she looks dead. Gently flip her over to see if she rights herself.

-JohnD.

Smokehound714 · Jul 24, 2014

These spiders can be killed by stress. Just merely being outside of their burrow basically gives them a heart-attack.

HOWEVER. Dont give up in it. place it in an ICU, it looks like it recently molted, which means it's probably fatally injured.

Wikiman12 · Jul 25, 2014

Thankfully, she isn't dead, and took a tiny cricket yesterday. Seems to be a lot better now, thanks guys!

Ambly · Jul 25, 2014

good luck bro, give em some good ol space and alone time and I'm sure it'll get doin its thing.

High Lord Dee · Aug 5, 2014

How did it work out? I have a few trapdoors and most of them appeared dead when I transplanted them into their new enclosures. But in the morning, they had all dug a burrow and are doing fine.

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