The other day I noticed my new tarantula would not move, and her legs were curled up close to her body. She was sitting on her bark like that. I gently pushed on the back of her abdomen but she kept her feet rooted in position and she wouldn't budge. Then suddenly she jerked spastically and fell off the bark onto the substrate. I tried touching her gently again, but it was the same thing. She wouldn't budge, legs tucked in. Then I watched her tumble over onto her back, so I left her there overnight thinking it was a molt. But I found her the next morning turned upright again, still not moving when I touched her. So I decided to make an ICU. I put the lid of the container in front of her and pushed her along trying to get her to walk onto it, then she suddenly and spastically ran onto it. So she's been in the ICU since this morning. I tried touching her again earlier to see if she would respond. She just stayed motionless while I held my finger against her abdomen for several seconds, then she jerked and lept backwards like she was going to attack. then settled back down. Her legs are still curling and they just don't look natural like the day I got her. Also she wouldn't eat anything I put in her tank. I've had her since last Thursday. When I first got her, she kept climbing the sides of her tank and I even found her crawling upside down on the wire mesh top. I saw her fall from almost near the lid the other day, making a thumping sound when she landed. I haven't noticed any blood coming from her though. Here are some pictures I have taken since yesterday and a pic from the day I got her for comparison.
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...psogxdf4xd.jpg
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...psnmkl0atd.jpg
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...psz4aqgmgg.jpg
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...psv3wh6bwm.jpg
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...psgrgabsxo.jpg
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...psayxjztjm.jpg
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...psyudhyndp.jpg
When I first got her:
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...psqheuzuou.jpg
I also noticed all these little white circles all over the walls of her tank- possibly from her climbing? They are hard and stuck-on. I tried scraping them off with my fingernail but they are really stuck on there
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps0l7gzzdl.jpg
She is still in the ICU for tonight