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Old 04-05-2008, 02:00 PM
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A customer has been in today who has a chilli beautifull thats dont seem well.

I will start by saying I dont have any pics!!!

It appears to be a female and is kept in an enclosure about 20 inches by 20 inches by about 12 inches tall, plenty of places to hide away. Kept on a mixture of coir block and vermiculite. It has fresh water daily.

He has had it for about a year and the person he got it from said it was "ONLY YOUNG" so we are not sure of it's exact age.

About 3 or 4 months ago it stopped feeding and is now struggling to walk, it keeps its legs tucked in to it's body and just sits around, when it does move, it manages to extend it's legs from the feet end only and scuttles arond on it's belly still keeping the legs tucked in (difficult to explain, hope you get what I mean)

He says that it does get in it's water but not sure if it drinks.

Any info would be great, dont think i've missed anything out but if you need to know anything, i'll do my best to answer.

Thank you guys. edit: and girls

Rob.
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Old 04-05-2008, 02:06 PM
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put it in a damp warm tub on kitchen roll for a few days and see how it goes.
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If its in a 20x20 it should be an adult or grown on juvy. Personally i don't know whats going on but by the sound of it, its going to die soon.
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Old 04-05-2008, 02:29 PM
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put it in a damp warm tub on kitchen roll for a few days and see how it goes.
Thanks Si i'll tell him to do that.

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If its in a 20x20 it should be an adult or grown on juvy. Personally i don't know whats going on but by the sound of it, its going to die soon.
Thats what I was thing but didn't want to say.
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Old 04-05-2008, 02:32 PM
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I was on the verge of losing my, minax there was no way she would of made it through the night, but I put her in one of those setups and shes better now than she ever has been, not saying it will definately work but its worth a try.
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wish id thought of that for my robustum juvi. She was doing exactly the same thing. She died a day later. R.I.P
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What temperature is it being kept at? These species requires cooler temperatures.
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Old 04-05-2008, 08:03 PM
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room temps
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Old 04-05-2008, 08:31 PM
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Not a mature male is it?

Only thing you can do really is try the ICU.
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