daveemory How many Tarantula(s) do you own?: 4,248,591
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:26 am Post subject: help! emergency... DOA?
A B. smithi juvenile which arrived in the mail today seems in a virtual death curl; not entirely curled up, but totally unresponsive to any physical prodding. She can be turned upside-down or on her side with no response.
I am going to try an ICU of a wet-toweled plastic sandwich dish and lid (what she came in) with half the container on my heating pad. Can anyone suggest anything else? I am very bummed out here.
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:31 am Post subject:
Was there a heat pack in the package? All you can do is the ICU thing and keep it warm. Hope it snaps out of it. Good luck. _________________ -Stew
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I hope your T gets well Peter.
Don''t place the deli cup on top of the heat mat, but to the side of it, you want to make sure the T doesn't get cooked in there :p
Does it look like it had external injuries?
Were there moistened paper towels with her in the enclosure?
Have you contacted the seller yet?
Sorry for all the questions, but I hate to hear news like this, specially when you are expecting a beautiful animal and instead you get a poor DOA. _________________ coming and invading :)
daveemory How many Tarantula(s) do you own?: 4,248,591
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:04 pm Post subject:
balam wrote:
I hope your T gets well Peter.
Don''t place the deli cup on top of the heat mat, but to the side of it, you want to make sure the T doesn't get cooked in there :p
Does it look like it had external injuries?
Were there moistened paper towels with her in the enclosure?
Have you contacted the seller yet?
Sorry for all the questions, but I hate to hear news like this, specially when you are expecting a beautiful animal and instead you get a poor DOA.
The container sat with about half on the heat pad all day, not getting very warm in the enclosure at all, and unfortunately I am considering her dead. She hasn't moved at all.
Yes, there was a moist towel burrow in the "Glad" container she came in. There is a slight discoloration on the towel where her abdomen was resting, but it could just be residual dirt. However, I suppose it is possible she took a hit somehow; in any case, it is such a bummer. The seller has been cool about it, and also disappointed, of course.
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