Texas Brown help needed

[Posey]

I'm new to this forum and to be honest didn't know there were any. I need help desperately to figure out what's wrong with my Texas Brown. I've had my texas brown for a year now. He has gone through 3 very successful molts & has been eating very good. A couple weeks ago we went on vacation in the RV and took Mr Fuzzy and the dogs with us, like we have in the past. While we were gone Mr Fuzzy didn't eat 1 cricket nor did he eat a cricket the week before we left. When we got back home got him settled back in a routine we out another cricket in the aquarium with him. He started going crazy. He's climbing & running very fast all over the aquarium, still not eating but drinks a lot. He's spinning webs all over the cage as well. I looked around some sites and it said he could be ready to molt and to remove the cricket. We removed the cricket for about a week and kept him covered up except to make sure he had fresh water. He spun more webs but he's not graying up like he does before he molts. It's been just over a week now & he's calmed back down & just moving around the bottom of the cage now. So this evening I put a small cricket in the cage with him. He went nuts again and now I've noticed he has lost some hair on his abdomen. I don't know what's wrong with him can someone please please help me out.

 

[spidey noob]

I'm sorry to say it sounds like you have a mature male !!!

 

[Posey]

Mature male meaning he could be about to die? If that's the case I don't see how that's at all possible. We actually found him camping in Texas he crawled up on our outside mat. He wasn't even the size of a half dollar. Now he's bigger than my hand. Had some people look at him and guessed that he was less than a year old. I thought they lived years?

 

[spidey noob]

Firstly u shouldn't be takeing Ts from the wild !!!

1, Once a male has its ultimate molt they tend to only last 6 to 18 months (depending on spices)

2, There is no way to accurately tell a Ts age

Males don't live as long as females here is an example for u !!!

Male b,vagans tent to mature in1 / 2 yr & only tend to live 6/18 months after ultimate molt.
Females on the other hand can live up to
10/12yr !!!

 

[TheJuicyFruit]

If your T has little hooks on the underside of his front middle legs, he's probably male. If he his pedipalps are engorged or more bulbous than you are accustomed to, he's probably a male. I'm unfamiliar with anything saying MM T's tend to flee from prey, but that doesn't mean much, I've had no MM yet. Do his movements seem spaztic or is he sensitive to outward stimuli, like tapping the wall of the enclosure? Is his gait more wobbly/uncoordinated than usual? If so he may have DKS, which is believed to be caused by exposure to pesticide. On your vacation is it possible that this happened? Also, many T keepers with dogs that use frontline plus have experienced this condition in their T's, do you use an anti-flea treatment for your dog?

 

[Chubbs]

I'm sorry to say it sounds like you have a mature male !!!

What's with the sad face? I never understood why males are so frowned upon. I do understand it can be a bit of a disappointment, especially when it comes to species where females are more colorful than males, but males do play a very important role in this hobby too. Without them, we wouldn't have any slings

 

[spidey noob]

@Chubbs
The sad face is for the fact the T has matured out & won't live to much longer !!!
(I think just as much of my males as I do my females )