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It happened quite suddenly. She'd been moving around in her tank, although she'd not gone for her prey which is a bit unusual.
Last night she went to her water dish (which always had fresh water in it), she ended up going all the way in and this morning she was still in there but looked like she was in a half death curl and the dish was nearly empty.
I opened the lid and gently tapped next to her legs to see if I got a reaction... nothing. I then touched her legs and other than a slight twitch, still nothing, so I used the pinch grip and lifted her. She was soaking wet around her mouth, but no white stuff or anything discoloured and when I gently wiped it the fangs looked and felt intact. Abdomen looks fine, too, nice colour, no signs of dehydration or parasites (at least none you could see with your bare eyes).
The only other thing I could think of is outside influences like cleaning detergents? I don't use any toxins (like spot on flea or tic treatment for the dogs), but could it be the carpet cleaning spray Vanish(she was on the bottom shelf, so would have probably been the most exposed to anything like that)? My GBB sling died with similar symptoms only not as sudden. I've put her into ICU for now, but I think she's already gone .
She was 100% female, but only maybe about 5 years old max.
I'll move my others to another room just in case there is something in here that harms them.
I'm just really upset, because she was one of my favourites, docile and confident and she made me laugh when attacking the droplets when I refilled her water dish or digging out prey that thought it was smart by hiding under the substrate.
Her first day with us
Last night she went to her water dish (which always had fresh water in it), she ended up going all the way in and this morning she was still in there but looked like she was in a half death curl and the dish was nearly empty.
I opened the lid and gently tapped next to her legs to see if I got a reaction... nothing. I then touched her legs and other than a slight twitch, still nothing, so I used the pinch grip and lifted her. She was soaking wet around her mouth, but no white stuff or anything discoloured and when I gently wiped it the fangs looked and felt intact. Abdomen looks fine, too, nice colour, no signs of dehydration or parasites (at least none you could see with your bare eyes).
The only other thing I could think of is outside influences like cleaning detergents? I don't use any toxins (like spot on flea or tic treatment for the dogs), but could it be the carpet cleaning spray Vanish(she was on the bottom shelf, so would have probably been the most exposed to anything like that)? My GBB sling died with similar symptoms only not as sudden. I've put her into ICU for now, but I think she's already gone .
She was 100% female, but only maybe about 5 years old max.
I'll move my others to another room just in case there is something in here that harms them.
I'm just really upset, because she was one of my favourites, docile and confident and she made me laugh when attacking the droplets when I refilled her water dish or digging out prey that thought it was smart by hiding under the substrate.
Her first day with us