do spiders recover from dehydration?

[RAZZ-MCFC]

came home this morning to find my crawshayi in what i thought was the death curl

luckily she must have only just gone into it as there was still quite a bit of movement and she immediately accepted a drink

the abdomen looked collapsed at 1st which is why i feared the worst but she has been in an ICU for the past few hours and the abdomen is back to full size and she is moving quite a bit, her legs are still curled but there is a massive improvement, will she be able to make a full recovery or is it just a matter of time now?

i've had an A.Seemanni that had dehydration but wasn't as bad as this

cheers,

Ryan

[matto2k]

if she's drinking and moving she'll be fine

[RAZZ-MCFC]

Originally Posted by matto2k

if she's drinking and moving she'll be fine

nice one

if she does pull through it i may open champagne haha, i literally thought she had gone when i came in this morning

[Nicky_KM]

That's a horrible fright to get, let us know how she gets on

[RAZZ-MCFC]

Originally Posted by Nicky_KM

That's a horrible fright to get, let us know how she gets on

yeah wasn't nice

and no worrys definitely will do, thanks

[Scaredy cat]

same thing happened to me except it looked like bert was on hot coals thought it might be dyskinetic syndrome, but he hadn't eaten for about 8 weeks and moulted in the middle of that as well, so happy it wasn't D S but after getting some advice from some of the guys here, a couple of days in icu he looks pretty good, still hiding his eyes behind his legs though. (don't think he like his new suit lol)
hope all goes ok

[RAZZ-MCFC]

Originally Posted by Scaredy cat

same thing happened to me except it looked like bert was on hot coals thought it might be dyskinetic syndrome, but he hadn't eaten for about 8 weeks and moulted in the middle of that as well, so happy it wasn't D S but after getting some advice from some of the guys here, a couple of days in icu he looks pretty good, still hiding his eyes behind his legs though. (don't think he like his new suit lol)
hope all goes ok

cheers mate

ICU has made the world of difference though, she's even drinking out of the water dish i put in there for her now

[RAZZ-MCFC]

whoever thought of an ICU for spiders is a legend

she's pretty much back to her old self, even got the hiss off her when i checked this morning

goin to leave her in it today and then put her back in her tank tonight

cheers guys

[Nicky_KM]

Originally Posted by RAZZ-MCFC

whoever thought of an ICU for spiders is a legend

she's pretty much back to her old self, even got the hiss off her when i checked this morning

goin to leave her in it today and then put her back in her tank tonight

cheers guys

Good to hear!

[Poxicator]

You're fairly lucky here, Ive only managed to get one back from suspected dehydration.
Anne Webb described the effects of dehydration quite well, suggesting it was like a sponge. It can be full of water or dried out, but if it dries out in the sun for too long it becomes brittle and past the stage of recovery.