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How did you nurse the spider? My spider shed her skin in August while I was away and i came to realise that she didn't shed her fangs. So her new fangs are inside the old ones I presume. I only noticed when i realised she wasn't feeding. So it's been nearly 3 months without food. I'm making sure...
Thanks for the info. I am hoping that she will drink food like soup rather than me having to handle her and try feeding with a dropper like i’ve seen on some other posts. I normally use locusts so will get some mealworms instead.
The molt was exactly two weeks ago and i didn't notice at the time and have been on holiday for 10 days since. I only realised something was wrong when she made no attempt to catch a locust I dropped in to feed her.
The molted skin has no fangs attached to it, they are still present on the spider. It looks like she is carrying around two heavy sacks in front of her and she doesn't seem able to move them in anyway. I have disturbed her a few times and got her to raise up at me and it's clear she can't do...
My tarantula, Doris, shed her skin nearly a fortnight a go. After a week she normally eats many locusts for a few weeks to catch up on missed food. It has been unusual for her not to eat anything this last week and after reading a post about fangs I've just had close look and her old skin...