Abdominal Growth on Wolf Spider

[Avicularia Kael]

It started as a discoloration but turned into what you see above. Any ideas? I have had her for a while and I don’t want her to die.

 

[WolfSpider]

Is she eating? Any chance she is gravid? How old? I agree: She is magnificent, but I have nothing else to offer. I hope she is OK.

 

[Avicularia Kael]

Is she eating? Any chance she is gravid? How old? I agree: She is magnificent, but I have nothing else to offer. I hope she is OK.

She had a egg sac but dropped it when I found her. She was super thing and she was the coolest wolf spider I have ever found so I kept her. She has been eating. I'm hoping it isn't some sort of parasite.

 

[WolfSpider]

Good luck friend!

 

[Phil]

maybe double clutch if she dropped the last one?

 

[Casey K.]

If you would've picked the egg sac up and put it in the enclosure with her, she may have picked it back up again and cared for it. If that area has grown, it may be a parasite.

 

[LookMomASpider]

Unfortunately that looks like a parasitic infection, and has she always had that much fecal matter on the rear of her abdomen? If not then the parasites could be causing impaction.

 

[Avicularia Kael]

Unfortunately that looks like a parasitic infection, and has she always had that much fecal matter on the rear of her abdomen? If not then the parasites could be causing impaction.

If you mean the white stuff at the end, that is new I think. I have a feeling you are right about it causing impaction.

 

[Avicularia Kael]

Found my suspect. Mites!
They are the tiny dots all over it. Found them covering the cricket body. Disgusting.

 

[MBullock]

could be egg-bound, happens sometimes if a few ova are stuck together, stopping the spider from laying eggs. Could've also been carrying a small-headed fly inside her, those stay dormant until the spider's maturity.

 

[Avicularia Kael]

could be egg-bound, happens sometimes if a few ova are stuck together, stopping the spider from laying eggs. Could've also been carrying a small-headed fly inside her, those stay dormant until the spider's maturity.

The bulge has now grown much larger. I am guessing it is some sort of parasite. There is also some sort of wound on top of it now. I'm not sure what it is. She has also refused food.

 

[Avicularia Kael]

 

[Avicularia Kael]

Better picture.

 

[Avicularia Kael]

Could those white dots actually be eggs inside of her? You can also see the wound which has almost a sap looking substance on it. They are too big to be the mites I found in the last update.