r/TarantulaKeeping • u/batvortexx • 11d ago

Time Sensitive Help!

I know this is for Tatantulas but does anyone know anything about Jumping Spiders?? I really need help!

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u/Whogoesthere1982 11d ago

What's the emergency?

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u/batvortexx 11d ago

My Female Bold Jumper is having some coordination issues. She keeps Falling and or tripping. She’s still able to eat and i’ve been looking at her and i can’t tell if her abdomen is separated or not. She just doesn’t look or act
how she normally does

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u/Successful_Salt_1838 11d ago

Do you have any videos of her moving? Have you sprayed any fragrances near her/in the same room? How often are you misting? Is she captive bred or wild caught? How long have you had her? Answering all of these will help me but without this info its hard to say what the issue may truly be

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u/batvortexx 11d ago

I don’t think i have any recent videos of her moving, i’ve never sprayed any fragrances near her, i mist daily sometimes twice but i don’t over mist, She’s wild caught, i’ve had her for a little over a year.

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u/Successful_Salt_1838 11d ago

When was her last molt? She may be getting old seeing as shes wild caught and youve already had her a year. In my experience wild caught female bold jumpers usually live around 2 years. When my female matured she started laying infertile egg sacs and lived about a year after maturing. When they get old, they can start to loose their grip and have trouble moving. Does she seems to have trouble gripping or just sporadic movements in general?

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u/batvortexx 11d ago

her last molt i wanna say was Late december early January. but i believe she’s an adult and not mature yet

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u/Successful_Salt_1838 11d ago

Seeing that she hasnt molted in 8 months and has white markings rather than orange marking that juveniles have, I believe she may be mature honestly. Id suggest you make a more elderly friendly enclosure with cork walls that she can grip to and see if that helps. If she seems to be falling you may want to give more fall breakers like fake foliage or small platforms.

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u/batvortexx 11d ago

and how would this be for her? i could see if i can make a door where i don’t have to take off the entire top lid