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<blockquote data-quote="Jess S" data-source="post: 163958" data-attributes="member: 29302"><p>Hi Jenny. Really sorry you've had this loss.</p><p>Your photos are incredibly helpful as far as ruling stuff out. Which leaves just a couple of possibilities.</p><p></p><p>You say it went off food approx 7 days after its last moult? I assume that would be the first feed offered? And didn't eat since? A sling/juvie should never go off food like that hand in hand with loss of abdomen size. Makes me wonder if there was some problem with it not shedding it's sucking stomach in that moult.</p><p>I couldn't pinpoint where it's enclosure sits in the photo provided, but if it was near both the router and the lamp, and if the lamp is on a lot, that could potentially have caused the enclosure to overheat enough to cause problems.</p><p>However, I'm more inclined to feel something went wrong with that moult.</p><p>Unfortunately, sometimes slings and juveniles die and we never find out why. I'm sure it's nothing to do with your care, even the most experienced keepers can attest to an approx 10% mortality rate with their slings. Probably slighter lower for juveniles but still can happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jess S, post: 163958, member: 29302"] Hi Jenny. Really sorry you've had this loss. Your photos are incredibly helpful as far as ruling stuff out. Which leaves just a couple of possibilities. You say it went off food approx 7 days after its last moult? I assume that would be the first feed offered? And didn't eat since? A sling/juvie should never go off food like that hand in hand with loss of abdomen size. Makes me wonder if there was some problem with it not shedding it's sucking stomach in that moult. I couldn't pinpoint where it's enclosure sits in the photo provided, but if it was near both the router and the lamp, and if the lamp is on a lot, that could potentially have caused the enclosure to overheat enough to cause problems. However, I'm more inclined to feel something went wrong with that moult. Unfortunately, sometimes slings and juveniles die and we never find out why. I'm sure it's nothing to do with your care, even the most experienced keepers can attest to an approx 10% mortality rate with their slings. Probably slighter lower for juveniles but still can happen. [/QUOTE]
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