Hurt Chilean Rose T - Newbie!

emmzy · #1 (**permalink**) 21-04-2008, 11:58 PM

totally brand new to all spiders,infact today was only the 3rd time i ever held one.. spotted a advert in the petshop for someone to rehome a cornsnake so iv gone to collect the snake and the guys also wanting rid of this spider. i dont have a clue and im reluctant but as i watched the guy with it and he drops it an breaks a leg so im like ok ill take them both thinking its better off with me than him! so now iv got Sedrick( I named it

) In a wee glass tank with a cork bark hide thing and nothing else and im frantically reading care sheets trying to find out as much as i can before a trip to the petshop tomorrow morning. the snakes not in the best shape either but i can fix all that easy enough. i was wondering whats the deal with the whole broken leg thing? its like the foot bit the wee bottom section is hanging off and theres wet stuff (probably tarantula guts and blood) peeing out the end what do i do about it? any any clever makeshift ideas for stuff for him would be appreciated too

also all the caresheets say soil as substrate but i dont have any of that coir stuff left would sisal moss or beech chips work? i have plenty of them... otherwise i can buy other stuff in the morning.. i really didnt expect him coming home with me too!!

Gem · #2 (**permalink**) 22-04-2008, 12:04 AM

Oh, poor little thing

If you can get some coir in the moring that would be great, for now I'd suggest just leaving him with his cork piece and with any luck the bleeding should stop and Sedrick will drop the injured section. Do you have a pic possibly??

emmzy · #3 (**permalink**) 22-04-2008, 12:13 AM

i have some pics of him thats how i came to the conclusion hes a chilean rose because i was told he was a tarantula lol thats it u dont get different types

but hes quite small and wont sit still long enough to get a pic of the leg and i cant get that stupid photobucket thing to work to post them on here anyway

C_Strike · #4 (**permalink**) 22-04-2008, 12:14 AM

well, personally id just try to push a bit of substrate into the wound, tarantula blood does not clot so you need to stem the flow yourself. If you putsomething absorbant on it, hopefully the wound will dry closed to the material. Superglue works too apparently though i havent tried that one

salad dodger · #5 (**permalink**) 22-04-2008, 12:57 AM

apparently corn flour or talc will clot the ooze & seal it

emmzy · #6 (**permalink**) 22-04-2008, 07:01 PM

thankies for the help the wee bit fell off and i put some coconut bark in with him today he was a bit freaked out at first and wouldnt come down off the top of his hide but hes sitting on the bottom quite happily now, still slightly freaked out by him especially when he runs at me lol but hes growing on me

i uploaded pics on my bebo because stupid photobucket doesnt work my usernames disturbedemmz if anyone wants to see

pixieboy · #7 (**permalink**) 22-04-2008, 09:42 PM

Well done for taking the T on. Good luck with its leg.

Had a look at your bebo, nice art work.

Also the last photo of Yohan the corn snake is a good un.

emmzy · #8 (**permalink**) 23-04-2008, 06:22 PM

lol @ my artwork, i get really bored! yohan came with the spider hes meant to be a bad feeder taking only once every 3 weeks... funny how hes been here since monday night an he took a fuzzy last night after i used boiling water he ate it like hes never been fed before poor wee thing im gona try him with another one tomorrow hes just so damn skinny! think sedrick ate today too.. i cant find the dead cricket that was there yesterday and hes doing a funny thing with his mouth an his wee front leg things no web yet tho.. did i do the right thing taking the manky toilet roll tube with his web in out? it was all filthy and full of bits of cricket.. now hes got a bark log thing i thought he could use instead but hes not shown any interest?

iiisecondcreep · #9 (**permalink**) 23-04-2008, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by emmzy

think sedrick ate today too.. i cant find the dead cricket that was there yesterday and hes doing a funny thing with his mouth an his wee front leg things no web yet tho.. did i do the right thing taking the manky toilet roll tube with his web in out? it was all filthy and full of bits of cricket.. now hes got a bark log thing i thought he could use instead but hes not shown any interest?

Firstly: well done for rescuing Sedrick! Sounds like an awful place the poor thing came from

He might be cleaning his front legs (they're called pedipalps)

if he is he'll probably clean all the other ones once he has finished the front ones.
Either that or he might still be munching the cricket and hes using them to hold it.
The only way you'll know if he has eaten is the cricket will be gone, they suck them completely dry and all thats left is a tiny wee dried up ball that you'll never see against the substrate

Chile rose don't really make webs, he'll probably just do it when hes just caught a cricket (they do a 'happy dance' which involves spinning round and putting webbing down at the same time) or when he is about to moult he'll make a little web mat to lie on.

Yeah you did the right thing taking the manky toilet roll out, could get mouldy and mould is BAD for t's.
Don't worry about him ignoring the bark, chile rose are quite inactive and tend to sit out most of the time rather than hide.

firecracker · #10 (**permalink**) 23-04-2008, 08:23 PM

i bought a rosei of some one who had badly treated her she only has 6 legs and 2 of them where leaking clear fluid i read up and put some vaseline on the leaking joints and it sealed them shes fine now still got 6 legs though hope she gets them back next time she molts theres some cruel people out there i would never hurt any animal unless it was for my own safety

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