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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Banshee" data-source="post: 139739" data-attributes="member: 28447">HelloI 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 about 12”?) but she doesn’t climb on the glass at all.  She’s been fine up until about a week ago when I noticed her in what I assumed was a death curl. She’s eaten in the past month (I used to feed her crickets but lately I’ve been feeding her mealworms because they’re easier to get in my town, we offer them about once a week but she doesn’t always go for it). I thought she might be dehydrated so I moved her to an icu overnight. I was researching some more and found some comments about icu’s causing more harm than good, and her condition hadn’t improved at all over the night so I moved her back to her enclosure, with her mouth over her water dish. She can’t support her own weight but her legs move when I touch her or disturb her tank. But she did manage to scoot away from her dish whenever I moved her over it. My boyfriend said if she had the strength to move away from it, she’d move to it if she needed water, right? I dont know if that’s how it works with Ts as she is the first and only one I’ve ever had. She hasn’t improved at all but she’s still moving. Last night and this morning I picked her up (which I don’t normally do) and placed a few drops of water directly over her mouth. The first time I couldn’t really see if she drank some of it but this morning she didn’t, it just sat as a drop over her fangs. I’m so worried I’m doing something wrong. I don’t want to stress her out if she’s just dying of old age but also I don’t want to give up on her Incase this is something she can overcome? Please help [ATTACH=full]33125[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]33126[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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