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Sick or Dying Rose Hair?
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<blockquote data-quote="meiryrodriguez" data-source="post: 178485" data-attributes="member: 33366"><p>Hello Everyone,</p><p></p><p>I'm new to this forum but I've had my Chilean Rose Hair for 14 years. I'm not exactly sure how old she is because she was given to me, but I'm guessing 15 or 16. Recently she's stopped eating and started spending a lot of time sitting in her water dish. Her abdomen is also shrinking. She's fasted for months before, but she's never gotten thinner. She's the only tarantula I own or have ever owned. I don't handle her, and I'm not prepared to do any sophisticated triage. I feel like she's had a pretty good run, but is there any simple thing I can do to make her comfortable or help her?</p><p></p><p>I changed out her substrate a few months ago, and washed out her tank with vinegar and water. Her behavior changed shortly after that. TBH, I don't clean out her tank nearly as much as I should so I don't know if that had something to do with her change in behavior. I used the same substrate I alway used and really gave her dish and log a good cleaning because they were pretty gross.</p><p></p><p>I'm wondering if she's just reaching the end of her life?</p><p></p><p>Welcome any constructive insight. Thank you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meiryrodriguez, post: 178485, member: 33366"] Hello Everyone, I'm new to this forum but I've had my Chilean Rose Hair for 14 years. I'm not exactly sure how old she is because she was given to me, but I'm guessing 15 or 16. Recently she's stopped eating and started spending a lot of time sitting in her water dish. Her abdomen is also shrinking. She's fasted for months before, but she's never gotten thinner. She's the only tarantula I own or have ever owned. I don't handle her, and I'm not prepared to do any sophisticated triage. I feel like she's had a pretty good run, but is there any simple thing I can do to make her comfortable or help her? I changed out her substrate a few months ago, and washed out her tank with vinegar and water. Her behavior changed shortly after that. TBH, I don't clean out her tank nearly as much as I should so I don't know if that had something to do with her change in behavior. I used the same substrate I alway used and really gave her dish and log a good cleaning because they were pretty gross. I'm wondering if she's just reaching the end of her life? Welcome any constructive insight. Thank you. [/QUOTE]
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