Recent content by daphnep

Here is a short update. After keeping her tank higher in humidity and removing the heat rock, she still looks a bit jerky but did something today that really surprised me: she started cleaning herself. She cleaned her feet and worked her fangs a great deal. She still usually sits in the...

Thank you so much for being kind.

Thank you. As of now, she tried to climb the side of her tank, quite adroitly. I have done some "tarantula meds," according to people who have had DKS tarantula: I have her heat rock on top of the tank, on top of a lid that has covered metal mesh, and it is surrounded by wet paper towels. On...

Hi, D! I should elaborate on what I see on her, regarding mites, or how I have looked. Maybe this will help. I don't know. At this point, yes, I'm worrying. It's so hard not to when you love a pet. I am legally blind without my contacts or glasses. In fact, I have to buy expensive...

Hello, all. Here is an update to poor Isabella. I have removed the heat rock and performed the usual sponge sterilization that I do during the weekends. Today I bought two plump crickets for her, to see if she would eat. She actually let one walk under her and jumped up when it touched her...

Wow. First of all, thank all of you for your replies. This has been a frustrating experience, and your support means a great deal to me. Here are a few things I wanted to respond to right away: I microwave her sponges weekly to sterilize them. She seems to like the sponges a great deal...

Here is an update: she is still acting irritated. I caught her in the water bowl last night, going back between it and the rock, a few times. Now she is curled up in the soil and moving around intermittently. Does anyone have any ideas as to why her behavior would change so much? Even...

Here is a picture of her abdomen before I cleaned her up, by the way. There is very, very little of this material left on her.

Hello, all. I have come here for help, because I have no other idea what to do for my Chilean Rose Hair, Isabella. Isabella three or four years old. She has molted twice since she was given to me as a Mother's Day present in May of 2012. I have had rose hairs for almost twenty years, and she...