Is my T poorly

[boo boo 86]

Hi all I have a Mexican red rump who seems not its self. It's normally very active and runs toward when opening the viv . It's now very slow and hardly moves he seems to be stiff too when it does move. Any ideas what could be wrong? Thanks

 

[Therasoid]

Need more specifics: age, size, last molt, confirmed gender or a good (in focus) photo of the enclosure will help greatly.
Possibly getting ready for a molt cycle?

 

[boo boo 86]

It's about 9 month old maybe 2 inches. It's last molt was about 4 month ago. I thought he could be in molt cycle but it's acting totally different from last molt. I'll post pic of enclosure now and thanks.

 

[boo boo 86]

 

[Therasoid]

Awesome!
From the photo, its a well fed T, judging from the abdomen size. Also, its looks to be between the sling/juvenile stage. I'm leaning towards premolt now, seeing its been 4 months since the last molt.
I see no hide in the enclosure other than the moss. Suggest placing a small clay flowerpot, or something similar, half buried for it to call "home". Great size and placement of the water dish, btw. Also doubling the depth of the substrate will be of great benefit. 1 if it wants to burrow it can do so and 2 less likely to sustain an injury from fall. Rule of thumb (terrestrial): 1-1 1/2 times the DLS of tarantula to the space between substrate surface to top of the enclosure.
Hope this helps. [emoji4]

 

[boo boo 86]

Thank you for all your advise. Put a hide in for it. So how long does pre molt take? It has been like this for almost a week now! Should I wait for it to mol

 

[boo boo 86]

Molt before adding more substrate? What I mean by been like this almost a week hardly moving and acting stiff.

 

[spidey noob]

congrats on the moult
i had my b,vagans in the same exoterra, (i half fill mine with substrate she loved it !!!)

 

[boo boo 86]

It hasn't melted yet still nervously waiting. Just been very slow and stiff at the minute.

 

[boo boo 86]

Molted lol not melted ooopppsss

 

[spidey noob]

i read that wrong so yes re house before moult !!!

 

[boo boo 86]

Iv rehoused before I put the post up. Think the previous house was too big. Looked at it this morning it's started to make a sling so hopefully some time soon.

 

[boo boo 86]

My T has finally shed successfuly this morning which I'm soo pleased about. No more worrying until next shed anyways hehe.

 

[Enn49]

Congrats on the moult, next time won't be so bad.

 

[Entity]

Yeah personally i like it when they molt. What the spider looks like after is always like opening a present. I think so anyway.

 

[boo boo 86]

Yea it is very much so and how big they get after the molt and the hairs wow.

 

[kimjane30]

hi guys my tarantula is 3 years of age had him since a baby always been healthy ect good molts although something happened today I came home to fijnd him upside down in the viv there were two big hoppers in the tank still right beside him...I carefuly helped him to flip over and he was fine now hes quiet and seems like he cba move a lot is he in shock ?? I'm sat watching him constantly id hate for anything happen to him cant stop crying

 

[Enn49]

You need to get the hoppers out. If he was on his back he was about to moult and the hoppers could injure him during the process. Once you've removed them, leave him in peace and hopefully he'll flip over again and get on with the job.

 

[Arachnoclown]

Next time don't flip your T back over...just remove the hoppers. Tarantulas are capable of flipping themselves over. Like @Enn49 said it was going to molt.

 

[Entity]

hi guys my tarantula is 3 years of age had him since a baby always been healthy ect good molts although something happened today I came home to fijnd him upside down in the viv there were two big hoppers in the tank still right beside him...I carefuly helped him to flip over and he was fine now hes quiet and seems like he cba move a lot is he in shock ?? I'm sat watching him constantly id hate for anything happen to him cant stop crying

Yup. Anytime a tarantula flips over on its back, it doesn't mean anything is wrong. Flipping it right side up was about the worst thing you could have done in that situation.