Anybody know why I might have found my g.rosea on its back in molt position, less than two weeks after its last molt?
I had to leave but when I returned two hours later it was buisness as usual. With no sign of a molt or premolt behavior.
Could it be that because I was feeding her so rapidly? (the molt 12 days ago was very hard on her. she lost a huge percentage of body mass) I fed her once in ICU (at least 4 days after molting, shes young and recovers fast) and then probably 6 or 7 more times in the following 4 or 5 days. She never once failed to except one and over time regained stability and stopped going limp.
She regained all her mass over this period. In hind sight maybe the rapid expanding was a shock to her body.
Note: it wasn't a wet molt, but she came out considerably smaller. I assume maybe the humidity was too low, but there's also a possibility it's because of the dry cricket food I use. I mix with vegetables but the dry food has calcium
I had to leave but when I returned two hours later it was buisness as usual. With no sign of a molt or premolt behavior.
Could it be that because I was feeding her so rapidly? (the molt 12 days ago was very hard on her. she lost a huge percentage of body mass) I fed her once in ICU (at least 4 days after molting, shes young and recovers fast) and then probably 6 or 7 more times in the following 4 or 5 days. She never once failed to except one and over time regained stability and stopped going limp.
She regained all her mass over this period. In hind sight maybe the rapid expanding was a shock to her body.
Note: it wasn't a wet molt, but she came out considerably smaller. I assume maybe the humidity was too low, but there's also a possibility it's because of the dry cricket food I use. I mix with vegetables but the dry food has calcium