Hi everybody,
I've had my T. gigas for about 4 years now, and she recently started becoming much less agile, slipping on the walls of her container. She also basically stopped putting on mass after her last molt several months ago, and though she continues to eat, her abdomen doesn't really expand at all. Recently, she's been hanging out with her chelicerae in her little water dish for hours at a time, and finally I observed her sitting on her driftwood moving her chelicerae around as if she's chewing, and very slowly alternately raising her palps up and down, for about the past ten minutes. Some may have nothing to do with the others, but have any of you seen something like this before? I am a little concerned.
Thanks for any help you might provide!
Best,
Mike
I've had my T. gigas for about 4 years now, and she recently started becoming much less agile, slipping on the walls of her container. She also basically stopped putting on mass after her last molt several months ago, and though she continues to eat, her abdomen doesn't really expand at all. Recently, she's been hanging out with her chelicerae in her little water dish for hours at a time, and finally I observed her sitting on her driftwood moving her chelicerae around as if she's chewing, and very slowly alternately raising her palps up and down, for about the past ten minutes. Some may have nothing to do with the others, but have any of you seen something like this before? I am a little concerned.
Thanks for any help you might provide!
Best,
Mike