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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nicolas C" data-source="post: 71202" data-attributes="member: 3795">Hope so, Enn. Keep us updated!Don't want to hijack the thread... but yes, I'm happy the three Phormictopus arrived alive. But one hour after having been put in its new enclosure, one of them had a bad molt (first time I'm experiencing this). Maybe because of the cold, the stress or the exhaustion of the trip, don't know. It molted upright, was caught in its molt... I sprinkled some water on it, it helped the T to get out of the molt, but it lost: one pedipalp (the other one is in bad condition too) and at least three legs; the fangs seem to be still trapped in the old exuvia and some dirt seems to be sticked to them... But it's still alive (and kicking... some hairs when I try to help!). I'll feed it in one week with a small pre killed cricket and see if it takes the food or not; if not, I'll try "cricket soup", and if nothing works, I'll wait - fingers crossed - until next molt, hoping that it'll come sooner because of the damage and because the T is still little. Maybe it'll be able to molt anyway, even without food, I dont' know...The T that I lost was a Hysterocrates gigas, bigger than the other slings; I think it died because of the cold outside, or maybe because of a shock: being bigger didn't help. And the T which was crushed was a Ceratogyrus sp. Mozambique sling, flat and with legs detached, as if someone slapped it. My theory is: someone at the border opened the little enclosure to check, saw the living T, smashed it because he was frightened and put everything back in the enclosure. Of course, I'll never know, I could be totally mistaken, but what I saw made me think it could have happened this way.Anyway, back to Enn's concern here! Hope everything's gonna be fine, Enn!</blockquote>

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