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Floppy abdomen issue, Please Help!
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<blockquote data-quote="Summerbug" data-source="post: 266902" data-attributes="member: 7309"><p>I have had this problem before with my Tenodera species. Digger is right in that it is very difficult to correct. However, if you can try to avoid them hanging upside down from the ceiling of the cage, that would be best. I had several who had that problem. They all died because they developed a stricture that obstructed movement of food down the gut. Not to mention, they can't molt like that. The next time I had a batch like that, I free ranged them so that they had no ceilings to climb. The strictures didn't get as severe. Surprisingly, the flopping corrected itself and they (most) survived to adulthood. I think the only ones that flopped were the males. Their abdominal muscles must be weaker. If you can't free range, make the ceilings of the cage difficult to reach (I have put lose mesh (or tulle) up top. Also, make sure they have sticks (I use soft pipecleaners) and other places to hang out so they don't spend all their time on the ceiling. Yours are pretty big so maybe instead of pipecleaners you can use silk fake plants or real plants. I hope that helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Summerbug, post: 266902, member: 7309"] I have had this problem before with my Tenodera species. Digger is right in that it is very difficult to correct. However, if you can try to avoid them hanging upside down from the ceiling of the cage, that would be best. I had several who had that problem. They all died because they developed a stricture that obstructed movement of food down the gut. Not to mention, they can't molt like that. The next time I had a batch like that, I free ranged them so that they had no ceilings to climb. The strictures didn't get as severe. Surprisingly, the flopping corrected itself and they (most) survived to adulthood. I think the only ones that flopped were the males. Their abdominal muscles must be weaker. If you can't free range, make the ceilings of the cage difficult to reach (I have put lose mesh (or tulle) up top. Also, make sure they have sticks (I use soft pipecleaners) and other places to hang out so they don't spend all their time on the ceiling. Yours are pretty big so maybe instead of pipecleaners you can use silk fake plants or real plants. I hope that helps. [/QUOTE]
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