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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ems" data-source="post: 93428" data-attributes="member: 11242"><p>An update: when I was cleaning up the cricket remains, the tongs gently tapped her leg and she freaked out. She immediately jumped/fell onto the side of the opening (black part) and ran to the other side of the door. I went and got the first empty container I could find and slid a piece of paper underneath, but she refuses to go back into the terrarium. She crawled around for a bit but never went anywhere near the edge of the container (usually in the opposite direction, no matter what part of her I'd nudge). When I first started nudging her, she raised her abdomen or shifted to the side, but then she stopped reacting at all except moving her leg a few millimetres forward. There doesn't seem to be any visible injuries from the fall (about 4 inches) and I know she's still alive because her spinnerettes will still wiggle, but it seems like she is too terrified to move right now. I wasn't going to keep irritating her, so I simply placed the container into the enclosure to see if she'll get out on her own. It's been almost three hours since that happened, and she still hasn't left. I'm completely heartbroken about how scared she must be right now, and I hope she'll be ok. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>

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