I came home today and took a look at my male Brachypelma emilia when I noticed a bit of liquid on his abdomen and leg. I'm so mad, at the stupid spider for hurting himself and at myself for leaving him in a cage that was too tall. He must have fallen and hurt himself. I'm waiting for him to mature so I can try breeding him with my female emilia, so I really don't want him to die. Argh! I switched him to a shallower cage and now I'm just waiting to see if he'll recover. It didn't look too bad, just a couple little droplets. This spider has really pissed me off lately, it has refused to eat any crickets since he's molted a few months ago. While his abdomen is fairly plump for a male, I know it will shrink a lot the next time he molts if he doesn't eat anything. Little bastard.
He reminds me of a male B. smithi I had a few years back. That little bastard refused to eat any crickets and his abdomen was very small after molting into an adult. He only lived for a few months after his final molt. The thing is, I had him in the same kind of tall cage, and I never noticed him hurting himself even tho he was always climbing the sides. I suppose he could have hurt himself and I never noticed.
Posted by Fungii at April 16, 2004 07:39 PM |