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Message: <blockquote data-quote="smallbike" data-source="post: 142017" data-attributes="member: 27486">My A. Seemanni is very recently missing the last segment of one of her rear legs. I touched her very gently this morning because the way she was holding the leg looked like a death curl. It was the first time she flicked hairs at me, so I'm guessing she's not feeling so hot. I'm sure she'll regrow the leg after a molt; I'm wondering what in the enclosure could have caused her to lose her foot. I did feed her last night but she's in otherwise good shape so I doubt she just sat there and let a cricket chew her foot off. She's due for a tank cleaning and new substrate and I don't want to do anything that will make her lose a foot again.  Current enclosure is coco fiber with sphagnum moss, a hide, a fake plant, a water dish, and a fake alligator skull (that I might remove as she has outgrown it as a hiding spot and it now only serves to keep crickets safe from being eaten). Thanks!</blockquote>