My C. Versicolor Died

[Isilwen]

Woke up yesterday morning and it was upside down and curled. This morning when I woke up, there had still been no movement from where I found it yesterday morning. Normally I know that upside-down means molt, but this was an odd duck from the moment I got it.

It molted a few days before Christmas and I had gotten it in the middle of November. It had only eaten one time for me since I had it. Its abdomen was always pointed to the right and it didn't correct it after its molt. Plus, it stayed on the ground from the moment it was done molting, never going back to the top and the start of its web. So, it was a very odd duck to me at least.

It's depressing also because I lost my LP sling in October to a bad molt. I am 2-2 with slings. My b. smithi and t. albo is still doing well at least.

 

[Oursapoil]

Sorry for your loss
Do not give up, sometimes there are things we just can't explain or control.
There will be better days.

 

[Arachnoclown]

Don't give up. Versicolor can be tricky for most new hobbiest to raise. Keep trying.

 

[Isilwen]

Sorry for your loss
Do not give up, sometimes there are things we just can't explain or control.
There will be better days.

Thank you!

 

[Isilwen]

Don't give up. Versicolor can be tricky for most new hobbiest to raise. Keep trying.

Definitely not going to. Looking to try again with a Versicolor. Maybe get one that's about an inch instead 1/2 inch.

 

[ArachnoHorn]

Sorry for your lose. I hope your Versicolor is in a better place

 

[Coradams]

So sorry for your loss! The only t I have lost (so far) was a sling during molt. I recommend watching Tom Moran's 2 part videos on sling husbandry on Youtube. He has a way of keeping the bottom layers of substrate moist while the top stays dry so the sling can burrow to the level of moisture it needs. I have done this with my last four slings and they have all done very well. Good luck!

 

[Isilwen]

So sorry for your loss! The only t I have lost (so far) was a sling during molt. I recommend watching Tom Moran's 2 part videos on sling husbandry on Youtube. He has a way of keeping the bottom layers of substrate moist while the top stays dry so the sling can burrow to the level of moisture it needs. I have done this with my last four slings and they have all done very well. Good luck!

This is a Versicolor though, it's arboreal. They don't burrow as far as I am aware. This one did stay on the ground, but never tried to burrow.

 

[Coradams]

Ahh... I lost track of the sling being a versicolor. I think the last thing I read was B. smithi and T. albo and my brain stuck on terrestrials. Having reread your post, the abdomen stuck on one side makes me wonder if a previous injury made the molt more difficult.

 

[Isilwen]

Ahh... I lost track of the sling being a versicolor. I think the last thing I read was B. smithi and T. albo and my brain stuck on terrestrials. Having reread your post, the abdomen stuck on one side makes me wonder if a previous injury made the molt more difficult.

That is a definite possibility.

 

[octanejunkie]

I lost my first versi after about a month of ownership. I'm still not sure why.

Fast forward to today, I keep several avicularia species from 1/8" up to 6" I size. They all have similar needs the key being moderately low humidity and great cross ventilation with high perch ops, diagonal cork bark and plenty of foliage for anchor points.

Bottom opening enclosures are better than top ironing for avics, they web up high 99% of the time. Also, they are not great scavenge hunters, I feed my dumb dumbs in their webbing.

Already provide clean water.