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<blockquote data-quote="Allthingsterrarium" data-source="post: 87966" data-attributes="member: 3930"><p>Well guys I have some certainly interesting news. October, my B. Boehmei has just molted for the third time since I got him July 2015 and it's 2 months earlier than I was anticipating. Sure hope that's natural and healthy. None the less I'm very proud of him. He probably easily has a 4 inch leg-span now but I'll know for sure when he comes out he's less curled up and sluggish in a few days. He even made himself a little silk bed/hammock thing that he's been in for a few days and I only just now realized he molted because I found the exoskeleton and he's so fresh looking now. He'll be able to eat again in about a week to make sure his fangs harden. It's surprising though I have to say. There's of course no as of yet known way to predict exactly when they will molt but I kept track of his molts and thought I noticed a pattern. I got him at a 3 inch leg-span and he first molted on September 25th 2015 and a second time on March 25th 2016 exactly 6 months apart so I was predicting he would molt again probably in September or October of this year but he only did so after a little more than 4 months this time. Strange for sure but also fantastic! For those of you who haven't seen it this is my most recent picture of him when he finally let me hold him a couple weeks ago. Now he's even bigger.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Allthingsterrarium, post: 87966, member: 3930"] Well guys I have some certainly interesting news. October, my B. Boehmei has just molted for the third time since I got him July 2015 and it's 2 months earlier than I was anticipating. Sure hope that's natural and healthy. None the less I'm very proud of him. He probably easily has a 4 inch leg-span now but I'll know for sure when he comes out he's less curled up and sluggish in a few days. He even made himself a little silk bed/hammock thing that he's been in for a few days and I only just now realized he molted because I found the exoskeleton and he's so fresh looking now. He'll be able to eat again in about a week to make sure his fangs harden. It's surprising though I have to say. There's of course no as of yet known way to predict exactly when they will molt but I kept track of his molts and thought I noticed a pattern. I got him at a 3 inch leg-span and he first molted on September 25th 2015 and a second time on March 25th 2016 exactly 6 months apart so I was predicting he would molt again probably in September or October of this year but he only did so after a little more than 4 months this time. Strange for sure but also fantastic! For those of you who haven't seen it this is my most recent picture of him when he finally let me hold him a couple weeks ago. Now he's even bigger. [/QUOTE]
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