Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New articles
New media comments
New article comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Articles
New articles
New comments
Search articles
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More options
Dark Theme
Contact us
Close Menu
Are you a Tarantula hobbyist? If so, we invite you to join our community! Once you join you'll be able to post messages, upload pictures of your pets and enclosures and chat with other Tarantula enthusiasts.
Sign up today!
Forums
Tarantula Forum Topics
General Tarantula Discussion
Shrunken abdomen, balding knees & back, not eating for months
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="rayhoracek" data-source="post: 226063" data-attributes="member: 42713"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>We have had a Mexican red-knee tarantula (our first T) for about 3 years since it was a sling, we think it is a female based on (our amateur level of) checking after a molt. It was molting 1-2 times a year, but hasn't molted now for far more than a year and its abdomen has been steadily shrinking to the point now that it is quite small, and the back half of it has been bald for about the same about of time (I know this isn't abnormal). It has also developed patches on its knees and the top of its cephalothorax where the hair is gone and the black shell is showing through. We've been consistently offering it the same crickets as it loved before but it has only eaten 1-2 in the last 4-5 months, and even those could have died somewhere secretly without being eaten. It also rests its chest on the ground from time to time which it didn't do before.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if all of these problems are related or not, but in general it doesn't seem to be in very good shape. I've read that the shrunken abdomen is related to dehydration, but we've kept a water dish just smaller than the T's size full and have sprayed every day, and the tank humidity has stayed consistently between 55-75%. Does anyone have any ideas of what we might be able to do?</p><p></p><p>ray</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rayhoracek, post: 226063, member: 42713"] Hello, We have had a Mexican red-knee tarantula (our first T) for about 3 years since it was a sling, we think it is a female based on (our amateur level of) checking after a molt. It was molting 1-2 times a year, but hasn't molted now for far more than a year and its abdomen has been steadily shrinking to the point now that it is quite small, and the back half of it has been bald for about the same about of time (I know this isn't abnormal). It has also developed patches on its knees and the top of its cephalothorax where the hair is gone and the black shell is showing through. We've been consistently offering it the same crickets as it loved before but it has only eaten 1-2 in the last 4-5 months, and even those could have died somewhere secretly without being eaten. It also rests its chest on the ground from time to time which it didn't do before. I don't know if all of these problems are related or not, but in general it doesn't seem to be in very good shape. I've read that the shrunken abdomen is related to dehydration, but we've kept a water dish just smaller than the T's size full and have sprayed every day, and the tank humidity has stayed consistently between 55-75%. Does anyone have any ideas of what we might be able to do? ray [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Tarantula Forum Topics
General Tarantula Discussion
Shrunken abdomen, balding knees & back, not eating for months
Top