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Premolt, DKS, something else?? Please help :(
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<blockquote data-quote="Jkelly" data-source="post: 45825" data-attributes="member: 3746"><p>Hi all,</p><p></p><p>I'm a newbie and have a beautiful female juvenile Avic metallica. I got her from Jamie's and when she first arrived, she happily walked up a branch, drank for a good while from her water dish, pooped, and perched herself on the wall of her acrylic, vertical enclosure (also from Jamie). Yes she has proper ventilation, plenty of fake plants, and I haven't overdone the humidity. I've had her about 2 months now. She's only eaten once since I got her when I resorted to tong-feeding, but she's always seemed chill and content (althought she hasn't webbed at all yet). The last 2 times I tried feeding her she totally freaked and ran away so I haven't tried since. Now, for the past week or so she appears to have trouble walking, getting her footing, and moves very spastically. I know DKS is rare, so I'm really hoping she's in premolt? Regardless, it breaks my heart to see her this way <img src="http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/images/smilies/standard/frown.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Her color has also faded and the "toes" on her front legs and pedipalps appear swollen.</p><p></p><p>Since she is restless and looks awful when she tries to move, I've put her in a much smaller enclosure with good ventilation, a wet paper towel to suck on, a water dish, and an area of totally dry substrate. Is that okay? Should I offer pre-killed prey? Anything else I can do?</p><p></p><p>More info:</p><p>-her abdomen looks small to me, but it's hard to tell with all the fuzz--plumper than carapace, but much narrower</p><p>-all my other Ts are fine and they all eat from the same dubia colony</p><p>-I do have dogs but I do not use Frontline</p><p></p><p>Please help! I know you want pics but I'm at work until late tonight...I know, I know.</p><p></p><p>Any advice would be greatly appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jkelly, post: 45825, member: 3746"] Hi all, I'm a newbie and have a beautiful female juvenile Avic metallica. I got her from Jamie's and when she first arrived, she happily walked up a branch, drank for a good while from her water dish, pooped, and perched herself on the wall of her acrylic, vertical enclosure (also from Jamie). Yes she has proper ventilation, plenty of fake plants, and I haven't overdone the humidity. I've had her about 2 months now. She's only eaten once since I got her when I resorted to tong-feeding, but she's always seemed chill and content (althought she hasn't webbed at all yet). The last 2 times I tried feeding her she totally freaked and ran away so I haven't tried since. Now, for the past week or so she appears to have trouble walking, getting her footing, and moves very spastically. I know DKS is rare, so I'm really hoping she's in premolt? Regardless, it breaks my heart to see her this way [IMG]http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/images/smilies/standard/frown.gif[/IMG] Her color has also faded and the "toes" on her front legs and pedipalps appear swollen. Since she is restless and looks awful when she tries to move, I've put her in a much smaller enclosure with good ventilation, a wet paper towel to suck on, a water dish, and an area of totally dry substrate. Is that okay? Should I offer pre-killed prey? Anything else I can do? More info: -her abdomen looks small to me, but it's hard to tell with all the fuzz--plumper than carapace, but much narrower -all my other Ts are fine and they all eat from the same dubia colony -I do have dogs but I do not use Frontline Please help! I know you want pics but I'm at work until late tonight...I know, I know. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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