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Message: <blockquote data-quote="desert voice" data-source="post: 27905" data-attributes="member: 3066"><p>[ATTACH=full]5840[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]5841[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]5842[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]5843[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]5844[/ATTACH] thank you both--Tgirl1010 and katiekatelyn--for offering your expertise and valuable opinions.  i had read somewhere that there was a big danger of a tarantula in this situation dessicating, i suppose because they can't drink or find suitable shelter for themselves that moderates their humidity.  anyway, i have re-done the damp towel underneath and jerry rigged something so the dampness is under but not touching her.  i still have the little damp "cave" that i molded to house her because it's not touching her and may provide the humidity she needs.  i know she's an arizona t but she would be underground where the intense aridity would not affect her if this hadn't happened so i think she needs something.  i occasionally dampen the artist's brush and lightly brush her with a little bottled water but with the hair, it's not like she's "wet".  i also imagine it may help to stimulate nerves and encourage movement eventually.  i have had her now for 10 days and she occasionally will respond to touch with a slight movement but not consistently.  the info i've found online says she's not likely to start regaining any movement for at least a month or more.  i've put the water on her mouth but nothing seems to go in.  how long do you think it could take to seep in if i just wait?  i usually try at least a minute letting it seep in.  do you think if i leave her longer it might work?  in this video, the place the water is going in seems so much larger and open than her mouth even if she is smaller.  view it and see what you think.  [MEDIA=youtube]TDnMUDUASnU[/MEDIA].  i also figure that if the wasp had finished the deed, she would have stayed alive for the 3 or 4 months it takes to finish that cycle and no one would be giving her water but i have to keep trying.  i was actually more worried about needing to handle her once she's mobile but i'm acclimating to the idea and a friend suggested using lite gardening gloves if it freaks me out too much.  i've started holding her now so that when she moves more it won't be as strange.  it seems that full recovery is quite a long process so i was thinking i may have to handle her a lot until she can move more.  anyway, i got some pics i'm going to attach.  hope they work.  the yellow spot on the cave is essential oils for paralysis, not something icky.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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