OMG I kind of "rescued" a tarantula-- help!

[Lori P]

[Snake lover 3-25]

so sorry lori

[jitami]

Lori, I'm very sorry to hear about your T and your duck

We had a wild caught male T when the boys were little. I'm actually glad to hear that their lifespan is short, because I always wondered if I didn't care for him properly. He lived about a year after we got him and my father in law caught him during their late summer/fall search for a female, so makes sense.

[Loren]

Tami, thats what happened to me with my first t. I thought I had killed it somehow for a couple years, before I found out why it died. (This was before I had the wealth of knowledge called the internet.)

Lori, sorry about your duck and tarrantula, but I do have to say, any girl/woman that actually gets attached to a tarrantula enough to cry is pretty cool in my book.

[Aundrea]

awwwwww Lori im so sorry about your T and your duck!!! Let us know how your T is doing.. Big hugs to you!!!!!!!

[Hornets23]

Sorry lori...I'll probably cry too when my tarantula dies .....the curl is bad news though....and sorry about your duck too.

[tarantula_man]

hi lori sorry to hear about your T has she got a black patch on her abdomen? try putting the front part of her in a shallow water bowl you will be suprised how quick they recover leg curl is also an indication of dehydration, hope this hepls. Roger.

[drache]

oh Lori - I'm so sorry

[Lori P]

Roger, thanks for the chance! But she does not seem to have a black spot on her abdomen and she is much less responsive this mornig... I offered her the shallow water anyway and there was no response at all.

I can't seem to stick her in the freezer. I'm really hoping she's not suffering but is just shutting down and withdrawing. I know I can't know that... but, I really think that today is her last day, so hopefully she is beyond feeling. I'm not going to touch her again.

Thanks guys.... it's so unfair, she really did not have enough time, you know? Her whole life with me is in the pages of this thread.... :-(

[Aundrea]

I hope she is not suffering either. She just may go to sleep and not wake up with no pain. I feel bad for her and you. Its funny how you can be so attached to a pet even if its a spider. I have a wolf spider I think at my porch and made this web. Well he greets me every time I go outside to let the dog out. Richard was spraying the bee nest by our door and I told him to be careful of the spider. I told him its my buddy LOL. So im kinda attached to him.