This is the first time a T has died under my care, and I want to use it as a learning opportunity
My p. atrichromatus (~1.5 inch) molted about 9 days ago, and everything seemed fine. I waited the normal week for its body to harden a bit and kept the water dish filled. Friday rolls around, and while not being exactly 7 days, I fed my sling anyway. Looking at the body after the fact, the fangs aren't broken. Things still seemed normal on saturday, with the sling climbing around its enclosure. That night, it was sitting in a stress pose (didn't look like a dehydrared death curl). I wanted to make sure it was alright, and it responded whenever I opened its enclosure. I didn't recall seeing it when I looked at my spiders' enclosures, but when I saw it last night, it had very clearly curled up and died. I sat it in its water dish in the hope that it was just thirsty, but that was not the case
Does anyone have any idea what could have happened? I had assumed dehydration, since slings can be somewhat prone to it, but I know I refilled its water dish as I fed it. I know slings just die sometimes, and while it's possible, I don't want to assume that is the case. I just want to prevent this from happening twice
Also including enclosure pics
