Triad
Arachnopeon
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- Aug 7, 2014
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Hey everyone, first time tarantula owner here, and I've made some bad mistakes and could use some advice! My pink toe tarantula (avic. avic.) has always been very odd, and as a first time owner has made worried constantly for him. These include the following, although most of these he doesn't do anymore:
-He use to jump on anything from anywhere, like he was trying to break his exoskeleton over and over again. You could actually hear some landings...
-Rarely webbed a home, and made one then proceeded to tear it down the next day.
-Use to only stay on the floor of the enclosure.
Those problems are long gone, at least from my observations. From my new setup thanks to my book sources, he made himself a webbed home at the top and thankfully doesn't jump off high peaks anymore. The emergency now is him having a bad molt and sudden decrease in abdomen size. I woke up to him in his exoskeleton and thought he was stuck, so I poked his legs and he sprang out of the exoskeleton and landed on the bottom. Major mess up, I know D:
Me being panicked and tired, I let him walk on my palm so I can put him back on his home. I am instantly alarmed to see one of his pedipalps is missing and he is extremely thin and fragile in appearance. Along with that, his reddish-blue appearance of hairs now looks more blackish-blue. Along with that his abdomen is severely small, I would actually say it is a tiny bit smaller than his prosoma. I can deal with the bashing of me being a moron and not knowing how to care for him, all I wish is that you provide some help for my little guy and me.
I should also add that he has trouble climbing currently, if that can help in any way.
Here are some pictures:
Old Enclosure: http://imgur.com/eEwIrPw
New Enclosure: http://imgur.com/Say1kgU
His Official Home: http://imgur.com/EsyjSbI
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Tarantula before molt: http://imgur.com/d3J81Jd
T before molt underside: http://imgur.com/1JsGqYk
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T exoskeleton: http://imgur.com/YCVNais
Pics of T after molt, obvious differences:
http://imgur.com/mnqx5J6
http://imgur.com/OowEZBd
http://imgur.com/M6wemax
http://imgur.com/ANyiluw
Please help!
-He use to jump on anything from anywhere, like he was trying to break his exoskeleton over and over again. You could actually hear some landings...
-Rarely webbed a home, and made one then proceeded to tear it down the next day.
-Use to only stay on the floor of the enclosure.
Those problems are long gone, at least from my observations. From my new setup thanks to my book sources, he made himself a webbed home at the top and thankfully doesn't jump off high peaks anymore. The emergency now is him having a bad molt and sudden decrease in abdomen size. I woke up to him in his exoskeleton and thought he was stuck, so I poked his legs and he sprang out of the exoskeleton and landed on the bottom. Major mess up, I know D:
Me being panicked and tired, I let him walk on my palm so I can put him back on his home. I am instantly alarmed to see one of his pedipalps is missing and he is extremely thin and fragile in appearance. Along with that, his reddish-blue appearance of hairs now looks more blackish-blue. Along with that his abdomen is severely small, I would actually say it is a tiny bit smaller than his prosoma. I can deal with the bashing of me being a moron and not knowing how to care for him, all I wish is that you provide some help for my little guy and me.
I should also add that he has trouble climbing currently, if that can help in any way.
Here are some pictures:
Old Enclosure: http://imgur.com/eEwIrPw
New Enclosure: http://imgur.com/Say1kgU
His Official Home: http://imgur.com/EsyjSbI
----
Tarantula before molt: http://imgur.com/d3J81Jd
T before molt underside: http://imgur.com/1JsGqYk
---
T exoskeleton: http://imgur.com/YCVNais
Pics of T after molt, obvious differences:
http://imgur.com/mnqx5J6
http://imgur.com/OowEZBd
http://imgur.com/M6wemax
http://imgur.com/ANyiluw
Please help!