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How long is too long between molts?
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<blockquote data-quote="Auntie Lori" data-source="post: 50767" data-attributes="member: 3168"><p>Mabel molted on August 5 and is back in the pink. She is now 4.5 years old, which isn't that old for a Grammastola.</p><p>Before the molt she did not eat, except for one cricket, in 1.5 years, and I was really worried about her. She would sip water every now and then, but she would ignore all crickets, except for that one.</p><p>Then she did molt, and it was amazing, and now she is fine.</p><p>She will now eat a cricket every other day to every day, and once my son fed her an extra cricket so she had two in one day. Didn't seem to hurt her any.</p><p>She is back to being her ominous self. I am much relieved.</p><p>Thank you for your concern!</p><p>In addition, I now have an <em><strong>Araneus diadematus</strong>,</em> or common European Cross orb weaving spider, and I'm keeping her right next to Mabel. In a separate enclosure, of course, because spiders will happily eat each other without a second thought.</p><p>The new arrival has been named Martha. She is one year old and will over-winter in that enclosure. Next spring I will probably release her so a male can find her, and then I plan on keeping track of the egg sack, if any. <em>A. diadematus </em>are short lived in that usually, if the female can grow large enough, she will mate, lay a sack full of eggs and then die within one year. If she does not mate that first year she will hide under leaf litter or some secluded place for the winter. She will then emerge in the spring, continue growing, and will likely mate, lay that sack full of eggs and die that second year. They usually do not survive a second winter.</p><p>G. rosea females like Mabel are capable of mating, laying a sack of eggs, watching over them until they hatch and then doing it all again the next year. No one has observed them long enough to find out how many times they can lay a sack full of eggs, which has never been known to happen more than once in a year.</p><p>They are not winter hardy like A. diadematus.</p><p>Have a nifty day!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Auntie Lori, post: 50767, member: 3168"] Mabel molted on August 5 and is back in the pink. She is now 4.5 years old, which isn't that old for a Grammastola. Before the molt she did not eat, except for one cricket, in 1.5 years, and I was really worried about her. She would sip water every now and then, but she would ignore all crickets, except for that one. Then she did molt, and it was amazing, and now she is fine. She will now eat a cricket every other day to every day, and once my son fed her an extra cricket so she had two in one day. Didn't seem to hurt her any. She is back to being her ominous self. I am much relieved. Thank you for your concern! In addition, I now have an [I][B]Araneus diadematus[/B],[/I] or common European Cross orb weaving spider, and I'm keeping her right next to Mabel. In a separate enclosure, of course, because spiders will happily eat each other without a second thought. The new arrival has been named Martha. She is one year old and will over-winter in that enclosure. Next spring I will probably release her so a male can find her, and then I plan on keeping track of the egg sack, if any. [I]A. diadematus [/I]are short lived in that usually, if the female can grow large enough, she will mate, lay a sack full of eggs and then die within one year. If she does not mate that first year she will hide under leaf litter or some secluded place for the winter. She will then emerge in the spring, continue growing, and will likely mate, lay that sack full of eggs and die that second year. They usually do not survive a second winter. G. rosea females like Mabel are capable of mating, laying a sack of eggs, watching over them until they hatch and then doing it all again the next year. No one has observed them long enough to find out how many times they can lay a sack full of eggs, which has never been known to happen more than once in a year. They are not winter hardy like A. diadematus. Have a nifty day! [/QUOTE]
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