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| DeniseCasey |
: ( Two Wolf spiders died : (OK what the heck.2 of my wolf spiders died that I got from Joe-Sorry Joe. 
They were eating and both just molted successfully. One died on Saturday and I found the other one dead today. Their containers were fine-no mold or visual parasites of any kind. I have a wolf spider that I got from Tim that had a successful molt in my care and it is doing fine. I have the last remaining wolf from Joe which is eating and has molted successfully. It appears to be fine and healthy. This is my favorite wolf and I just want make sure I am giving them the proper care. I do not want to lose this spider. This one has a beautiful reddish hue on its abdomen and when it wants food, it climbs up the side of the container and hangs one of its legs out. It is such a cute wolf spider. Any thoughts? |
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| bhoeschcod |
sorry about your loss i made a caresheet
on my website about wolfies i dont know if itll help but here http://critters.myfreeforum.org/sutra29.php#29 |
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| What |
Honestly that care sheet is worthless.
Denise, you are probably keeping them in fine conditions. There is a pretty decent chance that the crickets you got were bad or that they just were less fit slings. |
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| bhoeschcod |
can you help me make it better 
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| DeniseCasey |
You can ask Kevin (what), Johnny or Joe (Heks) and I am sure they would be glad to help you. I keep all my spiders on the cocofiber substrate -Nature substrate Soft Bed. It holds the proper humidity and resists mold. I have fake leaves and I mist the cage when needed. The crickets I feed are good quality so I do not think it was that. I do keep my room temp around 80. Its a mystery that 2 died and the other 2 are fine. The slings looked fine but maybe you are right, there was something wrong. It does happen. It just weird that 2 died a day from each other. |
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| bhoeschcod |
then again sometimes wolfies die
without any warning aybe a bad moult keep your eyes on the other wolfies just to be safe |
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| Johnny |
Hey, please excuse Mr Blunty's response. I'll be glad to contribute to your care sheet. Im no expert, just have kept a few various wolfies. I tend to go with the bad crickets theory on her slings. Being slings, there is a significant ratio of losses. What I have found is that they prefer it dry. Mist only section so they can drink. Feed them anything that moves (::lol::) once a week. Twice if small. A wood chip, flat rock, branch, leaves if room for it, they like to "perch" on that stuff. In fact, they should have plenty of room. |
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| DeniseCasey |
HI Johnny, Thanks for the info. That is how I have been keeping "Wolfie." I got him from Tim and he said he got the spider from you. Wolfie has a 5 gallon tank with dry substrate, leaves and bark. I mist the leaves for water and I feed small crickets 2-3 times a week. I would entertain the bad cricket idea but I would think my other spiders would be affected-not to mention my last remaining 2 wolf spiders. The spiders I got from Joe were on very moist substrate. Since these spiders are suppose to live in drier conditions, I am wondering with my higher temps if too much humidity killed them? Joe may have lower temps than me so the humidity may not be an issue. However, I run a constant 80F temp which may have caused too much humidity and not enough ventilation. This is just a thought. 
Anyhow, I went ahead and rehoused the remaining wolf in a larger container (plenty of ventilation) with leaves and bark to perch on. I love these spiders. They are so pretty with cute little "personalities." 
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| bhoeschcod |
thanks Johnny |
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once a week. Twice if small. A wood chip, flat rock, branch, leaves if room for it, they like to "perch" on that stuff. In fact, they should have plenty of room.