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<blockquote data-quote="Predatorhousepet" data-source="post: 329363" data-attributes="member: 10650"><p>My female thistle dried badly too but not so much that it's super debilitating, she isn't an adult yet so hopefully her next molt fixes the problem. Her left raptorial arm came out wonky so she can't bend it inward to the praying position, it stays permanently splayed outward. She can use it to move and hang onto stuff, but it's useless for hunting &amp; eating. She's able to hold prey with her good arm and eat it but she has a lot of trouble catching the prey one handed so I just hand it to her with tweezers. She also has trouble controlling the left front walking leg next to the bad raptorial arm, she can move it but can't bend it at the "knee" much like she can't bend her arm at the "elbow". She can still hang from her branch and the ceiling so I'm pretty sure she will be able to molt. I'll keep a close eye on her when the time comes because she's much more likely to fall in her condition. She just has the one molt left before becoming an adult, hopefully that's enough to fix the problem with the joints on her left side.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Predatorhousepet, post: 329363, member: 10650"] My female thistle dried badly too but not so much that it's super debilitating, she isn't an adult yet so hopefully her next molt fixes the problem. Her left raptorial arm came out wonky so she can't bend it inward to the praying position, it stays permanently splayed outward. She can use it to move and hang onto stuff, but it's useless for hunting & eating. She's able to hold prey with her good arm and eat it but she has a lot of trouble catching the prey one handed so I just hand it to her with tweezers. She also has trouble controlling the left front walking leg next to the bad raptorial arm, she can move it but can't bend it at the "knee" much like she can't bend her arm at the "elbow". She can still hang from her branch and the ceiling so I'm pretty sure she will be able to molt. I'll keep a close eye on her when the time comes because she's much more likely to fall in her condition. She just has the one molt left before becoming an adult, hopefully that's enough to fix the problem with the joints on her left side. [/QUOTE]
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