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20 yr old Rose hair stuck carapace molt
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<blockquote data-quote="thermarooz" data-source="post: 226476" data-attributes="member: 42963"><p>Hi all,</p><p></p><p>I have been caring for a 20+yr old rose hair at my university for the past couple years-- she is a "class pet" for the invertebrate zoology course. I'm rather fond of her even though she hates me. This past weekend (9-16) she molted as she does every year/every other year at this point, but the entirety of her carapace (prosoma/cephalothorax) is stuck. Everything else came off totally fine, does not seem the anus is blocked.</p><p></p><p>My concern now is how to get that cap off if I should at all. She can't see (not that they can see all that well to begin with) and she won't eat because of it, too skittish. I don't want to rip it off because I don't know how stuck it is and really don't want to rip her open, but I don't know if it will dry out and fall off?</p><p></p><p>tl;dr stuck molt and I would like advice on how to get it off or not get it off</p><p></p><p>Thanks so much!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thermarooz, post: 226476, member: 42963"] Hi all, I have been caring for a 20+yr old rose hair at my university for the past couple years-- she is a "class pet" for the invertebrate zoology course. I'm rather fond of her even though she hates me. This past weekend (9-16) she molted as she does every year/every other year at this point, but the entirety of her carapace (prosoma/cephalothorax) is stuck. Everything else came off totally fine, does not seem the anus is blocked. My concern now is how to get that cap off if I should at all. She can't see (not that they can see all that well to begin with) and she won't eat because of it, too skittish. I don't want to rip it off because I don't know how stuck it is and really don't want to rip her open, but I don't know if it will dry out and fall off? tl;dr stuck molt and I would like advice on how to get it off or not get it off Thanks so much! [/QUOTE]
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