You do not always get heads-up, signs or a death curl....

[Oursapoil]

Lost a P. Rufus big sling over the weekend.
Considering it molted a few weeks back I can imagine a sucking stomach issue on the last molt.
I check on them everyday and when 2 days in a row I saw them in the exact same position I used my paint brush to find out it was already gone
No previous signs or death curl or unusual behavior. Just sharing as this happens from time to time and often can’t be explained.
Cheers.
P.S: this is the picture of the dead T as I found it.

 

[Enn49]

So sorry for your loss.
I guess they have some defect, probably from birth, that we have no way of knowing about.

 

[Konstantin]

Hi
Im sorry to hear for your loss.
with a sucking stomach issue its very common to observe the T trying to have a drink quite often and they are often found died over ,in or near the waterdish .
Regards Konstantin

 

[Arachnoclown]

Lost a P. Rufus big sling over the weekend.
Considering it molted a few weeks back I can imagine a sucking stomach issue on the last molt.
I check on them everyday and when 2 days in a row I saw them in the exact same position I used my paint brush to find out it was already gone
No previous signs or death curl or unusual behavior. Just sharing as this happens from time to time and often can’t be explained.
Cheers.
P.S: this is the picture of the dead T as I found it.View attachment 57100

That sucks. Usually with the sucking stomach they die on the water dish(trying to drink but can't). They end up actually drowning. Its very possible it could be a internal rupture or bleed that got infected.

If I had a dollar for every spider I've found not in a death curl I'd have over $100 for sure.

 

[octanejunkie]

Happened to me not too long ago, too
Sh1t happens

Sorry, bud

 

[Oursapoil]

All good, considering how many we have it is expected to loose a few from time to time although it doesn't make it any easier. This one was surprising by how "alive" it looked even dead, like at the edge of its hole and ready to pounce on anything passing by. Sometimes the Ts are just surprising, like your regalis male @octanejunkie, twice the size of my other mature male and now living the life. They are literally hanging out together peacefully

 

[m0lsx]

Sorry for your loss, I found a Tliltocatl kahlenbergi dead earlier this week, which was mid molt. It is never nice when we loose a little one.

 

[DustyD]

Sorry you lost the tarantula.

 

[Bananahead]

That's always hard. I have lost a couple like this, often soon after a molt. It sucks