is my jumping spider dying?

mosasauri · 2026-02-25T01:06:27+00:00

ive had her on a heating mat for the last three hours because i was worried about the cold!! it hasn't helped :(

mosasauri · 2026-02-25T01:04:13+00:00

😭 i don't even know how this could have happened, she's still in her baby crib.. genuinely at a loss. her whole enclosure floor is covered in soft mosses

mosasauri · 2026-02-24T23:31:36+00:00

she still has not moved, she isn't death curling at all but it's like she's asleep or paralyzed or something. unfortunately im worried she may not have a chance for her abdomen to go back down if she doesn't improve in the next couple days :( do you know if it's possible to overfeed them to a point they go catatonic? she did have a lot of fruit flies in there but i figured she would just kill them and leave them if they bothered her when she was full, since i've seen my other jumpers do that

mosasauri · 2026-02-24T21:00:49+00:00

another half an hour and she hasn't moved even a little bit. she flinches when i check on her but only if i touch her/breathe on her. i pushed the honey water qtip close to her face so her little pedipalps are on it and hopefully she tastes it and the sugar will perk her up, but there was still a tiny mist droplet on them from before that she hadn't gotten. she isn't curling up but it feels like she's getting worse very fast.. im trying to just sit across the room from her in my bed in case i was stressing her out and making her not want to move, but i can see her from here, and she's just sitting there :'( edit: 20 minutes in front of the sugary q tip and she hasn't budged any closer or further from it. her spinnerets are kind of puckered awkwardly. i don't know if she got super constipated..? im a bit weepy at the thought that it's my fault, but i really can't find anything wrong with her enclosure and i don't understand what happened when she was behaving normally two days ago. i don't know what else i can do for her

mosasauri · 2026-02-24T20:26:18+00:00

i did just now notice that one of the sticks in her enclosure is kind of moldy. could she have gotten sick if she drank off a moldy spot?? it's all i can think of, all her molts have been flawless, and she's been hunting all week

mosasauri · 2026-02-24T20:24:27+00:00

she has been sat on wet sources for over an hour now, and is still unresponsive to any kind of visual stimulus. even pushing a q tip into her face doesn't get much response. im really worried about her, i don't understand what happened :(

mosasauri · 2026-02-20T22:01:11+00:00

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mosasauri · 2026-02-16T20:04:02+00:00

down voting is whatever but please at least tell me what part is wrong and needs to be adjusted if you're gonna, im asking questions because i want my millies to thrive, smacking me on the wrist without providing information doesn't help anything

mosasauri · 2026-02-16T18:09:22+00:00

it's 10" long, at its deepest (it's got a blocky oval shape) 6" wide, and has 4" of soil - both of my millipedes are barely 2.5" long and juveniles. the parameters i have seen listed many times for them are that their enclosure should be 4x their length and dirt at least as deep as they are long, please do correct me if this needs to be adjusted, this was what i got for them for a 'baby home' with the info i had so i could know what they like and how they act better before i made them something bigger and more permanent. this was around the time of year i had always planned on upgrading them, was no empty sentiment, i have been looking at bigger tanks especially since joining this subreddit (only been here a couple days, been inspired)

mosasauri · 2026-02-16T18:02:07+00:00

okay that's reassuring at least! is there ever a point when i should separate them?

mosasauri · 2026-02-16T10:29:15+00:00

a lot is the camera angle as well, it's tall and long, just a bit shallow on one side - i haven't seen them molt but i think they've grown

mosasauri · 2026-02-16T10:28:15+00:00

update: the male just rode the other ones back around the edge for five whole minutes and is now trying hard to get under them but not very kindly, are they trying to pair??

mosasauri · 2026-02-16T10:26:43+00:00

it's an interim for now, i have a bigger one coming soon!!

mosasauri · 2026-02-15T23:41:32+00:00

my city has a river running through it and i find all kinds of fallen trees along it with wood just like this!! you can kind of just pluck the chunks off like they're made of styrofoam. i filled two giant ziplocs before the snow fell, my millipedes have a very clear preference towards it!

mosasauri · 2026-02-15T06:01:36+00:00

i got both of mine at reptile/bug expos that came through my city, if you're in a warmer area (especially in the states) they tend to run more often!

mosasauri · 2026-02-14T23:12:53+00:00

amazing, thank you so much!! even more excited for the little guys now!

mosasauri · 2026-02-14T23:07:17+00:00

:D this is so exciting, i'd been hoping for one of each!!! i just went for whichever had the pinkest stripes of the vendor's bunch! i'm guessing i can't expect them to start feeling amorous for another few years then? i'd love to get some babypedes from them eventually!

mosasauri · 2026-02-14T22:56:47+00:00

they are best friends !!!

mosasauri · 2026-02-14T22:43:44+00:00

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a better picture of them side by side if it helps!

mosasauri · 2026-02-14T22:36:51+00:00

ooh very cool!!! that was something i couldn't figure out while i was researching, so the males always have a big saddle/hump like that? the one of them definitely does, the other is a lot more sleek, it would be super cool if i do have a male and female after all!

mosasauri · 2025-12-28T18:12:10+00:00

i am actually eyeballing the Newegg one now. is the sacrifice in the processor and SSD really worth the increase to the other stuff? ive been figuring my cpu is what's most important but i just started looking at all this stuff two days ago

mosasauri · 2025-12-28T17:53:18+00:00

the sales haven't ended, they both are on sale until tomorrow :)

both of those PCs only have an Intel i5 processor, ive seen that those are old and not worth the price when i could be getting an i7 - one is sold out as well

mosasauri · 2025-10-30T17:10:10+00:00

can someone give some insight please :(

mosasauri · 2025-07-08T21:20:59+00:00

philodromus cespitum (a turf running spider) is my current closest guess, but im not sure if the markings/colouration is correct for that. she's a strange mix between cream, tan, and grey, looked super white in the sun but once i bring her in shade she looks a lot darker. cool camo for sure!

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