death curl

Hello guys, the name is Renee. I have been a tarantula keeper now for I don’t know maybe 10 years since my son decided to rescue who we called “grandpa”, a beautiful Grammostola Portieri. As I was nervously searched how to care for a tarantula and read a thousand different threads we found a...

My bf saw him on his back in this state and thought he was dead. I rushed over and nudged him with my tongs. He bit the tongs and then flipped onto his belly. I realized that I had interrupted his molting and flipped him back over but he's been in this position, twitching ever since and it's...

Hello, this isn’t the post I wanted to be making after only two short months with my sweet Jane. They were loved and so greatly cared for by so much of my family along with my friends, and I sat by their side as they took their final steps. I have no clue what happened. All I can guess is that a...

Hi, I’ve had my G. pulchra for nearly 5 years. Went on holiday and asked my dad to take care of her. Told him where her food was asked him to try and feed her. However when I came back I noticed Penelope was showing signs of DKS. Her movements were erratic, she seemed confused and when I was...

I had a gorgeous aprox 1 year old juvenile LP who has suddenly died after being a ferocious eater and seemingly happy with no signs of stress. I’m most confused because when I found it to be dead the legs were not in death curl and their was no visible injuries. I left it for about 3 days in...

Don't know what I may have done wrong... she has plenty humidity and it's not cold in my house but everyone is saying premolt but she looks more like a death curl.

Hello this is my first time posting so I’m not sure if Im posting on the correct forum. I’ve had my Singapore blue for 3-4 weeks and was told that it was around 5 months. Its had no problems with feeding or molting and just this morning was walking around the walls of the cage. I left to run...

I found my chillian rose in what looked like a death curl yesterday morning, as the day progressed we tried to put her in ICU and hydrate her as much as possible from her front and tried her on her back aswell. We have watched lots of videos and at some points yesterday we really did think she...

I was wondering if anybody could give me some useful or just reassuring information on my tarantula. First one I e ever owned and I’m afraid she is dead. She been like this for anywhere from 5-12 hours maybe more just for sure tho.

Hey guys, I just got a new pink toe a couple days ago. I just noticed the T to be curling up one leg like a death curl but no other legs do this. When I lift the lid the T goes back into a normal stance. Is it just chilling like that or should I be worried? It hasn’t eaten yet but im guessing...

I’m looking for help or feedback on my care and husbandry. I came home last night and went through my normal routine of checking on my slings to find my cyriocosmus leetzi wasn’t moving. It molted at the beginning of the month (the 4th I believe) and hasn’t eaten since. I found it sitting in...

This is long; brace yourselves. I got a pink toe as a sling three months ago, and she was doing fine until her first molt. After she molted, she seemed quite skinny, but I hear that this is normal after a molt and that she will regain her weight after a couple of feeds. Well first of all, it...