Hi, I've had my juvenile Smithii just over 6 weeks. Everything started fine - the Smithii ate well, although I was careful not to overfeed (a couple of meal worms and an 18mm cricket once a week). She/he has a good sized abdomen, so when she went iff her food last week I assumed she was coming up for a moult, as this was the same behavioural pattern my versicolor had pre moult, so I haven't offered any more food this week. Yesterday morning I was pleased to see she was out and about in her tank so I figured I might be wrong about the moult and decided I would offer some food before I went to bed.
When I went to feed her that evening I saw she was in a weird position at the side of the tank and looked dead. It was hard to tell even what position she was in i.e. on her front or back as her front legs pointed up but the rest pointed down. In the end I touched a back leg gently with a paintbrush but no response so I figured I'd leave the body there till morning then I could take photos in a better light and see if I could find out what I'd done wrong. Got up at 2am as I couldn't sleep and noticed more legs were pointing upwards so I hoped she was just moulting and that I'd get up this morning to see she'd finished, but this morning there's no change .
She is still alive as when I turned the tank slightly to see her in a better light she twitched. Is there anything I can do at all or just wait it out? The versicolor moulted over a few hours, but this looks very different.
I will attach photos when I get home but I'm currently on my way to a hospital appointment
When I went to feed her that evening I saw she was in a weird position at the side of the tank and looked dead. It was hard to tell even what position she was in i.e. on her front or back as her front legs pointed up but the rest pointed down. In the end I touched a back leg gently with a paintbrush but no response so I figured I'd leave the body there till morning then I could take photos in a better light and see if I could find out what I'd done wrong. Got up at 2am as I couldn't sleep and noticed more legs were pointing upwards so I hoped she was just moulting and that I'd get up this morning to see she'd finished, but this morning there's no change .
She is still alive as when I turned the tank slightly to see her in a better light she twitched. Is there anything I can do at all or just wait it out? The versicolor moulted over a few hours, but this looks very different.
I will attach photos when I get home but I'm currently on my way to a hospital appointment