Goodbye sweet girl
The spider that started our whole collection passed away a few days ago. She’s the one that showed me spiders do have all kinds of personalities. She used to wave at me while I got ready in the mornings. Shortly before she passed she had been hanging around at the bottom of her enclosure which is a bad sign anyway. I gave her some sugar water and that helped, but it wasn’t enough for her.
I had to hold her for the first and the last time.
Thank you for all of your love Miss Lotus.
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I am so sorry! They are so fun! I love their personalities