I recently (little over a week ago) got an adult female green-bottle-blue tarantula. She seamed fine when I picked her up, but tonight when I blew on her she didn't move. When I tried to move her by tapping on her thorax, the most I got out of her was a feeble movement of the legs. She "appears" to be tacked to the bottom of her cage, because she (at no time) was able to get up and move. It looks like her body is too big to lift. (And she is not a fat spider.)
I have taken precautions (put her in a room away from my other Ts, wash my hands after dealing with her, and throw away anything that I use to move her. (plastic bags and chopsticks). Just to make sure the other Ts are safe.
(The two other to adult spiders I got from the same guy are acting normal.)
What is wrong with her?
Could a change in substrate or stress cause this? (I use peat moss with ABSOLUTELY NO CHEMICALS ADDED.)
What can I do to help her?
Thank you for ANY information.
Jackie B.
I have taken precautions (put her in a room away from my other Ts, wash my hands after dealing with her, and throw away anything that I use to move her. (plastic bags and chopsticks). Just to make sure the other Ts are safe.
(The two other to adult spiders I got from the same guy are acting normal.)
What is wrong with her?
![](http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/images/smilies/033102shamed_1_prv.gif)
Could a change in substrate or stress cause this? (I use peat moss with ABSOLUTELY NO CHEMICALS ADDED.)
![](http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/images/smilies/confused.gif)
What can I do to help her?
Thank you for ANY information.
![](http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/images/smilies/redface.gif)
Jackie B.
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