Recent content by Brauratum

Wow thanks for all the effort you're putting in! I've had cuttings from a potted common ivy in all my terrarium for about one and a half years. It's always been from the same plant. None of the others show any sign of the GBB though and they are kept with higher humidity, which should favour...

So I just checked her mouth again. Nothing has changed since the pictures I posted; still dry and the same amount. She's pretty feisty though and attacked the paintbrush. I'll try feeding her a mealworm or zophobas this week and se if she'll eat.

Nothing new yet. I'll do a mouth check when I get home and let you guys know how the white stuff looks. Been searching the net but can't find anything related, most results are either nematodes or mites which is very unprobable. I've lowered the humidity from 60% to just above 40%. I know GBBs...

Not much to update on today other than that she's been moving around a little bit more than the last few days, not getting my hopes up yet. Fairly certain it's not nematodes though. All my Ts has been offered roaches before and happily accepted, mine are not very choosy fortunately :) Thanks...

I'm starting to think crickets as well. I've kept a roach colony before, but with only 3 T's at the moment I found it more work than it's worth. This is the last drop though so I'm starting one up again, I owe the extra work to the T's if what's happening is because of crickets, and I'm not...

I'll search arachnoboards for the thread when I'm home (exams, perfect timing). Really appreciate the help. I put her in a new much dryer enclosure when I isolated her and she seems to be moving around a bit more so fingers crossed. I'd swab her mouthparts if she wasn't such an angry little...

Yeah it's kinda heartbreaking not being able to help her :( I'm writing my observations down though for future reference, just wish I'd kept notes on her while she was doing fine so I could look back now if there were any abnormalies I didn't think of at the time.

I've considered it but not acted on it yet, since she doesn't seem dehydrated; the abdomen is just small, not wrinkled, and she doesn't seem thirsty when I've put her right by her waterdish with front legs and palps in it. She actually moves away from the dish when placed next to it, which is...

It's small grains of sand from the substrate, she's pretty weak and won't clean her self. I've checked the spots under a loupe and thoroughly checked the enclosure. The spots appear whiter than they are because of the light, so no mites.

These pics are probably the clearest I can get with my cam. The white is still bone dry (the long thing in her mouth is just a piece of cocofibre from the substrate) and there's no white in the centre of the mouth, just above her fangs and the two white lines on the side. I'll keep watching her...

Thanks for the replies. She's not keeping her palps under her mouth and the white stuff is bone dry, and she is still catching the prey just not eating it, which is why I didn't think of nematodes. I isolated her as soon as I saw the white and I'll try and get a clearer picture when I'm home...

Hi all. After keeping T's for 5 years I've run into something I've no idea what it is. I've had my C. cyaneopubescens for about 4 years, never had a problem with her. However for the past 7 or so months she hasn't eaten or webbed at all, and her abdomen has gotten really small. Today I noticed...