You are most welcome. Complete mystery to me this this one. I would try and move her to a darker less busy space in the house if you can. It might help calm her down a bit and settle. Deffo no direct sunlight. Keep us posted. Geniculata are my all time fave so I will watch progress with interest and with fingers crossed for you both.I will make sure to put the temperature up slightly. And no she spends an equal amount of time on the substrate but i also thought that this might be the problem because in the pet shop coco fibre was used, i've been planning on mixing my substrate with something to make it less soily to see if that makes any difference. And no, no waxworms.
Thank you for the help
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Strange tarantula behaviour?
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First time I've seen this also. Big thanks @Shampain for the video of @Tomoran : as far as I can see, it's the same behavior. I don't think it's stress, it's far more weirder... Most probably intoxication (cf DKS) with some poisonous stuff (either on/in a prey, or in the air?). There's nothing you can do except what the others have said about food, temps and humidity. I hope she'll recover. The advices of @Casey K. and @Phil are excellent, as are the other ones. Keep us informed please. When there's life, there's hope!
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Good luck with everything!
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Sorry for such a late reply- since december i have changed the substrate, lowered the humidity and ensured minimal disturbance to the tarantula, however she is still exhibiting the same behaviour (hasnt got any better or any worse). I am increasingly worried as she is still refusing to eat on her own and I have seemingly run out of things to try and help. Does anyone have any ideas?
what I find weird is the fact her tarantula doesn't do the twitch and weird movements if no one is around... judging from what she said it only does it when disturbed.. I wonder if this is just her t's reaction to stress? because as you know.. no 2 t's are the same they all have unique attitudes
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Possibly, it would make sense because she does seem very nervous constantly despite no noise/bright light/vibrations etc, however she does not go into her hide and i feel as if the stress she's constantly under has stopped her from eating so i'm not sure what to do
This is so bizarre.
Sure does look like DKS or, perhaps, some other neurological disorder.
Wish I could offer help but don't know what else you can do other than what has already been mentioned.
Except to really think about what is used in the same room, that the T is in, &/or look around at items in the same room. This is to really think about something that could possibly, in any way, be toxic to the T (be it via contact or airborne). Even something you would not think to be toxic but could, possibly, be to a T.
Another thought is if you happen to have a pet, that has been dusted for fleas/ticks, that comes near the T enclosure.
What kind of substrate did you use in the latest change out?
Sure does look like DKS or, perhaps, some other neurological disorder.
Wish I could offer help but don't know what else you can do other than what has already been mentioned.
Except to really think about what is used in the same room, that the T is in, &/or look around at items in the same room. This is to really think about something that could possibly, in any way, be toxic to the T (be it via contact or airborne). Even something you would not think to be toxic but could, possibly, be to a T.
Another thought is if you happen to have a pet, that has been dusted for fleas/ticks, that comes near the T enclosure.
What kind of substrate did you use in the latest change out?
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There isn't really anything that could come into contact with her- airborne or otherwise. I have changed the substrate to coco fibre which is what was used in the shop. I thought that there was a chance this may help and she was not exhibiting this behaviour in the pet shop however nothing has changed
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Sorry to revive an old post, but did you (or anyone else) ever conclusively determine what this is? I just lost my G.Rosea to these exact symptoms. It molted, and not long afterwards I noticed the weird behavior just like the video. A week after the molt I tried feeding but it refused the cricket, which is abnormal for this particular spider. I waited another week and tried again, and this time I was able to coax the spider to eat a cricket. I had hoped that this would help the problem, but unfortunately a day later I found him dead. Would really like to know what this is and what causes it. My rosie was my first and favorite T
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Dks can be caused from a number of things, from parasites to poisoning. I've had it happen from feeding unhealthy crickets. Sorry to hear about your rosie, I lost four Ts to this dreadful illness as wellSorry to revive an old post, but did you (or anyone else) ever conclusively determine what this is? I just lost my G.Rosea to these exact symptoms. It molted, and not long afterwards I noticed the weird behavior just like the video. A week after the molt I tried feeding but it refused the cricket, which is abnormal for this particular spider. I waited another week and tried again, and this time I was able to coax the spider to eat a cricket. I had hoped that this would help the problem, but unfortunately a day later I found him dead. Would really like to know what this is and what causes it. My rosie was my first and favorite T
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Dks can be caused from a number of things, from parasites to poisoning. I've had it happen from feeding unhealthy crickets. Sorry to hear about your rosie, I lost four Ts to this dreadful illness as well
Did you get a bad batch of crickets from a local pet store? All of my spiders are in the same room and eat crickets from the same place, but only one has showed symptoms of DKS. I can't really pinpoint anything that would affect just the one.
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Too be honest, it was my fault. I get my crickets by the thousands and my first time keeping them that way I didn't do the best job at cleaning up after them so it caused a major bacterial infection. It took me weeks of watching my Ts suffer and a lot of research before I could pinpoint exactly what happened. I thought it was air born at first but it only effected my adults. None of my juveniles or slings were infected. So after more research I found that if the prey items have fed on rotten vegetation or dead animals/insects then it can lead to bacteria in the prey.....Well I learned that keeping a thousand crickets in a single small container was a terrible idea. A lot died and the rest fed off the dead. That's why it only effected my adults though, because I fed them large crickets which are the ones infected, my slings and juveniles I keep small batches of pinhead and small crickets for them in separate containers. I definitely learned a tough lesson, you gotta maintenance your feeders too or their no good either.
