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You may remember me from such threads as http://www.tarantulaforum.com/threads/is-this-a-busted-abdomen.9984
I figured I would start a new thread with a less frantic title.
To recap, Felina fell and I was afraid she hurt herself. I enough substrate to leave her about 6" vertically to climb. Here is where the crazy behavior comes in (are there any T's with "normal" behavior?).
First, the bald spot has at least tripled in size, despite her only flicking hair at me once (while I was adding substrate). It is now much larger than before. I assume this is okay unless someone tells me otherwise. Original picture is in previous thread. Here is a picture from today.
Second, she used to do laps around the cage on the glass and had absolutely no problems walking on it. Now she can barely get up it, even though she keeps trying. From what I have read it either means she'll molt soon or that she is really a he and he is old. She just molded maybe 2-3 months ago. Could she be molting again so quickly?
Here she is attempting to walk on the glass:
Third, she is spinning silk all over EVERYTHING. I don't know if it is her way of marking the cage as hers since I cleaned it up and added substrate or what. Maybe she is just stressed from the change and this is her coping mechanism? There is a circle of silk that goes around the outside of the terrarium.
Here is a picture of the enclosure as it is now.
I appreciate any comments on what may be going on with her! I realize that tarantulas tend to act crazy all the time so I'm trying not to read too much into it.
I figured I would start a new thread with a less frantic title.
To recap, Felina fell and I was afraid she hurt herself. I enough substrate to leave her about 6" vertically to climb. Here is where the crazy behavior comes in (are there any T's with "normal" behavior?).
First, the bald spot has at least tripled in size, despite her only flicking hair at me once (while I was adding substrate). It is now much larger than before. I assume this is okay unless someone tells me otherwise. Original picture is in previous thread. Here is a picture from today.
Second, she used to do laps around the cage on the glass and had absolutely no problems walking on it. Now she can barely get up it, even though she keeps trying. From what I have read it either means she'll molt soon or that she is really a he and he is old. She just molded maybe 2-3 months ago. Could she be molting again so quickly?
Here she is attempting to walk on the glass:
Third, she is spinning silk all over EVERYTHING. I don't know if it is her way of marking the cage as hers since I cleaned it up and added substrate or what. Maybe she is just stressed from the change and this is her coping mechanism? There is a circle of silk that goes around the outside of the terrarium.
Here is a picture of the enclosure as it is now.
I appreciate any comments on what may be going on with her! I realize that tarantulas tend to act crazy all the time so I'm trying not to read too much into it.
