URGENT - Unpacked sling during molt

[RedCapTrio]

Glad this turned out right. Praying that your T will recover. Now, it will need some TLC.

 

[Meludox]

Thanks @Meludox , been wondering and worrying about that little one.

Glad this turned out right. Praying that your T will recover. Now, it will need some TLC.

Thanks guys! I appreciate the sympathy.
Just put a pre-killed cricket in the enclosure, really hoping he'll take to it.

 

[kormath]

If not try a meal worm, Might be easier for it to eat by the shape. It's all my avic will eat so far. Next feeding time i think i'll try giving her a small live one to see if she can (or will) take it.

 

[Tuskedwings]

If only there were tarantula crutches glad she's ok

 

[Phil]

What an epic story. Hope things are.still improving.

 

[Meludox]

Unfortunately, not much. The sling still has not eaten and I was away all weekend but I just got back tonight and he was in a death curl in his enclosure. I gently prodded him, and he moved a bit, so I have him back in an ICU, in case he was dehydrated. Abdomen is visibly much smaller. Not quite sure what else to do.

 

[kormath]

Unfortunately, not much. The sling still has not eaten and I was away all weekend but I just got back tonight and he was in a death curl in his enclosure. I gently prodded him, and he moved a bit, so I have him back in an ICU, in case he was dehydrated. Abdomen is visibly much smaller. Not quite sure what else to do.

Not much you can do. Try cricket soup right under him so he doesn't have to move to eat is all I can think of

 

[Meludox]

I was pre-killing the crickets, he still wasn't taking them. How do I make cricket soup? Sounds unpleasant.

 

[MassExodus]

I was pre-killing the crickets, he still wasn't taking them. How do I make cricket soup? Sounds unpleasant.

smash one into a paste maybe? I think if you're offering prekilled you're doing about all you can..so many issues with molts on the boards lately, it's depressing. Sorry for your troubles.

 

[SpiderDad61]

Wow. Sorry to hear that

 

[Fuzzball79]

Sorry to hear that, I was keeping my fingers crossed for the wee one. I still hope it pulls through somehow.

 

[kormath]

I was pre-killing the crickets, he still wasn't taking them. How do I make cricket soup? Sounds unpleasant.

@MassExodus has it right. Smash the cricket up into paste, add a few drops of water to make it "soup". save the T the energy of doing that itself so it can use that energy to recover. Never done this myself but reading about it I've found most put the "soup" in a shallow dish, like a generic water bottle cap and place it right under the mouth of the T.

 

[spider4747]

This would stress me out to no ends.

 

[Meludox]

This would stress me out to no ends.

Stressful, and frustrating.

 

[micheldied]

Something may have happened to it internally when it molted like that, unfortunately. It happens sometimes, I'm sure Paul at PetcenterUSA will do something about it if you explain it to him, I've heard only good things about him.