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    Normal Old-age pre-death behavior?

    RIP Gazpacho, he was a very good boy and I will miss him very much. My mature male curly hair passed away today. It has been 7 months since his final molt. I felt like their were signs this week and I'm wondering now if this was normal behavior before dying of old age, or if he was sick and I...
  2. TravelingT

    Old Age?

    Hi. I haven't been on here in a long while. My tarantula, Colby is around 33-36 years old (she was gifted to me by a friend almost 30 years ago and she was already an adult and molting almost every year when I first got her). Her last molt was a rough one. It happened in October and I had to...
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    Can anyone help ??

    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...
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    Is this old age or can I save her?

    Hello I adopted my rose hair about 12 or 13 years ago so I’m not sure how old she is or how long her previous owner had her. I’ve kept her in the same enclosure I adopted her in and fill it about halfway with loose coconut fiber substrate, since her glass tank is too tall for her (I think it’s...
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