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<blockquote data-quote="goonius" data-source="post: 182803" data-attributes="member: 33525"><p>My teen daughter and I got a number of slings the beginning of September, including a 1/4" P irminia. We have been keeping adults and juveniles for a number of months, but are pretty new to slings, so we did a great deal of research about each species beforehand, and so far all are doing well and have just made it through their first molt in the past couple of weeks.</p><p></p><p>The P irminia, much like our P gigas and T violaceus slings of the same size, spends most of its time in an intricate underground dirt curtain/web behind a lean-to of corkbark (I'm including photos of the enclosure, and a photo of the day we got the tarantula -- we don't have any more recent photos). For the first month we had it, the P irminia had a great food response (we feed pinhead b lats) and that would be the only time we would see it, a momentary flash of spider when we would drop the prey in, and occasional little spider feet poking out in anticipation of a meal. About 2 weeks ago, it disappeared entirely and stopped responding to prey being dropped in. We assumed it was in premolt, like the others of the same age. The other spiders have all molted and resumed eating, but the P irminia is still unresponsive to prey (or water droplets on the web, or anything) and we have seen no signs of life for two weeks now. </p><p></p><p>I do know that tarantulas can just disappear like this, but in the case of a sling this tiny, for how long might they do this? Is this typical P irminia sling behavior? We believe its abdomen was quite plump before its disappearance. Is it possible it had a bad molt or something and died? At what point would we assume this was the case, if so? I'm fine to patiently await its return, but would just appreciate a little guidance from the more experienced keepers of this species and young slings on what we should expect</p><p>Thanks <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goonius, post: 182803, member: 33525"] My teen daughter and I got a number of slings the beginning of September, including a 1/4" P irminia. We have been keeping adults and juveniles for a number of months, but are pretty new to slings, so we did a great deal of research about each species beforehand, and so far all are doing well and have just made it through their first molt in the past couple of weeks. The P irminia, much like our P gigas and T violaceus slings of the same size, spends most of its time in an intricate underground dirt curtain/web behind a lean-to of corkbark (I'm including photos of the enclosure, and a photo of the day we got the tarantula -- we don't have any more recent photos). For the first month we had it, the P irminia had a great food response (we feed pinhead b lats) and that would be the only time we would see it, a momentary flash of spider when we would drop the prey in, and occasional little spider feet poking out in anticipation of a meal. About 2 weeks ago, it disappeared entirely and stopped responding to prey being dropped in. We assumed it was in premolt, like the others of the same age. The other spiders have all molted and resumed eating, but the P irminia is still unresponsive to prey (or water droplets on the web, or anything) and we have seen no signs of life for two weeks now. I do know that tarantulas can just disappear like this, but in the case of a sling this tiny, for how long might they do this? Is this typical P irminia sling behavior? We believe its abdomen was quite plump before its disappearance. Is it possible it had a bad molt or something and died? At what point would we assume this was the case, if so? I'm fine to patiently await its return, but would just appreciate a little guidance from the more experienced keepers of this species and young slings on what we should expect Thanks :) [/QUOTE]
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