Saving a pink toe....

[SasyStace]

It's happened and it only took a year. I've become that lady, the see a T in distress must save lady. Stopped to get dubai yesterday and decided to look through this stores T collection there wasn't much and what they did have I wasn't interested in. I should note,... I've previously bought a sling here and she's grown into the most beautiful female P. Irminia my RA, ok moving on... they had the T's next to Scorps and baby snakes in very, very small containers the majority in the wrong substrate all of them bone dry, some in with TWO old molts wtf? Absolutely no concern with arboreal housings everything was in tiny flat containers. .. I was disgusted. As I was about to leave I noticed a container had been partially dropped between the wall and the shelves I practically had to climb inside to get it. .. anyways inside was the babe pictured below,the only thing on the container was Pinktoe. This babe was in such a small container that she couldn't stand all the way up her knees have been rubbed bald, her abdomen pretty small, she had shoved and webbed the bark into one side of the container to make as much room for her as she could. They couldn't tell me when she last ate, had a molt or what type of pink toe, he said an avic or something. . Haha wow, I asked when they had feed it last he didn't know, ok how much? 14 bucks? Wtf? Ok I'll take it. ... I had to physically scoop her out to rehouse her and it's the first time I've ever seen a T struggle to move slipping and falling but after an hour she was pro.... I don't really know if I saved her/him but sure makes me feel good knowing it will be spoiled!

 

[SasyStace]

This lovely drank water droplets for 30 minutes straight, no webbing yet but very actively moving about

 

[Enn49]

Well done for finding the poor thing and saving it. I hope it'll do well for you.

 

[SasyStace]

I do too. It's rough looking up close but found its way to the top manzanita branch and seems to be settled in. Wish I knew more about it. I've given it the name Fortunato which means lucky in Italian

 

[khatchet]

I am glad you were there to save the poor thing.

 

[khatchet]

She can have a good home and live happy now.

 

[Thistles]

Fortunata, maybe. Looks like you saved a little girl. She's precious and very fortunate indeed that you found her!

 

[Entity]

Congrats! and im glad u found her.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Awesome!

 

[~8-legz~]

that's crazy! that's the same reason I bought my obt... it was in the completely wrong setup with sand as substrate and like 7 huge crickets running around in there and looking like it hadn't ever had its enclosure cleaned... felt really bad for it

 

[Kymura]

You rock, so glad you got that baby,....now, fair warning, avoid that store in future....Got my porteri that way, huge enclosure, on wood chips huddled like it wanted to die in the corner of this massive cage under reptile lights. bone dry, hot as the proverbial 7th level of hell.
Shelled out the twenty bucks and patted myself on the back, best purchase ever. I adore Yeti ^^
Problem is I cant seem to not check the store, got my juvie A avic from there as well making me part of the problem..I just cant let them stay there though

 

[khatchet]

It always makes me sad when I go in to a store and the animals are so poorly cared for. I always want to buy them all when I go to exotic arc in st louis. The tarantula are put in as small of deli is they will fit in. Nothing has toped the time I will in and a full grown iguana was in the 20 or 30 gallon exoterra though. I can not even stand to walk in the store any more.

 

[SasyStace]

You rock, so glad you got that baby,....now, fair warning, avoid that store in future....Got my porteri that way, huge enclosure, on wood chips huddled like it wanted to die in the corner of this massive cage under reptile lights. bone dry, hot as the proverbial 7th level of hell.
Shelled out the twenty bucks and patted myself on the back, best purchase ever. I adore Yeti ^^
Problem is I cant seem to not check the store, got my juvie A avic from there as well making me part of the problem..I just cant let them stay there though

You're 100% correct I should stay away- the truth is, it's the cleanest exotic store near me and I got my RA from them so the first time I ever went I was impressed- I am not sure if they have new owners or fired the one person who knew anything about T's I know this isn't the only location they have so when I went it was strictly for Dubai so when I glanced over at the T's I wasn't even going to look bc I had just bought a T from Jamie's the day before but it was like they were calling to me.. LOL I just wish I could find a private breeder near me that would allow me to come shop exclusively from them

 

[SasyStace]

Fortunata, maybe. Looks like you saved a little girl. She's precious and very fortunate indeed that you found her!

gaaaaaaaaaaa!! I would LOVE to have it turn out to be a little girl! It would make my whole year

 

[SasyStace]

Update: Dropped in a couple super worms and she happily gobbled them up (had no interest in the Dub's which is what the store claims to have only fed her) when I awoke this am she had webbed a nice portion of the enclosure more towards the middle and not the very top. Happy T, Happy Owner

 

[N8tive556]

Awesome! I applaud your action. When people ask why inverts, situations like this is why, inverts are mostly misrepresented, misunderstood and often never properly cared for, it's up to folks like you and the rest of us to stand up for em, and be in their corner.

 

[Chubbs]

How big did you say it was? I'm trying to see if I can figure out the exact species, but honestly it could be a number of Avics, considering how similar many of them look. Whatever it is, it's still got the juvenile pattern on the abdomen. As far as I know, the only species that keeps the bright red abdomen as adults is amazonica. Nice rescue, it's just sad to think that another one will be there to take its place.

 

[Thistles]

How big did you say it was? I'm trying to see if I can figure out the exact species, but honestly it could be a number of Avics, considering how similar many of them look. Whatever it is, it's still got the juvenile pattern on the abdomen. As far as I know, the only species that keeps the bright red abdomen as adults is amazonica. Nice rescue, it's just sad to think that another one will be there to take its place.

Not sure, as you said it could still be a couple, but my guess is Avicularia metallica.

 

[SasyStace]

Not sure, as you said it could still be a couple, but my guess is Avicularia metallica.

You think so? I was wondering what type of Pink toe she might be- she's not very active might be a molt coming upon her as she is webbing a lot the last 2 days

 

[Thistles]

You think so? I was wondering what type of Pink toe she might be- she's not very active might be a molt coming upon her as she is webbing a lot the last 2 days

Probably can never say for sure based on looks, but that is my guess. Just mark her as "Avicularia sp. Pet store" =) I'm not super confident in the species ID but I'm pretty sure it's a lady.

Often they will molt quickly after a trauma, and now that she's got plenty of food and water and a safe place she might just get a new skin to put the past behind her.