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<blockquote data-quote="ManlyMan7" data-source="post: 99571" data-attributes="member: 3569"><p>Bummer.</p><p></p><p>If it is any encouragement to you, my now 9" Lp broke both her fangs off a few years ago about a month after her molt. She spent 5 months not eating before she molted again into a new pair of fangs. Whew!</p><p></p><p>Do you have any pictures showing the size of its abdomen? I would like to see how much reserves it has to carry it to the next molt.</p><p></p><p>And it will likely molt sooner than normal to remedy the problem. I once had a genic (come to think of it, my current 8" girl!) who spent a whopping 7 weeks between molts (around 5" at that!) for no apparent reason. So a genic can turnaround pretty quick if it wants to. What's more, my 8" girl molted about 14 months ago her R3 leg got stuck in the molt. A bit disconcerting to see a pool of hemolymph forming on her new exo below her fangs. She eventually dropped the leg, which I was a bit upset about because I knew it could be years before she is back to normal. At her size, she molts about once a year. But she molted again in May with a half-sized new leg, and I think she is gearing up to molt again soon, which means in a bit more than a year, she should be back to normal.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p><p></p><p>As for the bad luck, I have had my share, but in hindsight, they have afforded me opportunities for some wonderful experience with Ts. Apart from the above incidents, I have dropped a LED light box onto my molting P. sazimai juvie (paid $165 for it as a sling before their prices came down) only to watch it bleed out. I was sick. It survived!! And after HE molted to maturity this summer, I was able to trade him for 4.5 slings (had to pay the difference on the balfouri sling).</p><p></p><p>A few months before that, I pulled back the old exo of my MF B. albopilosum a few years ago to see that I just ripped a pea-sized hole in the underside of her abdomen (the old exo was attached to the new). It pulled her silk glands out and she bled a lot! (more than a tablespoon). But she rolled back over onto the old exo, and with each passing day, hope grew more and more. She has now molted twice since then.</p><p></p><p>I had a Chaco male mailed to me a few years ago who promptly got lost in the new sorting facility in BC. The package disappeared and we gave up hope. A bit more than a month later, his package was found and shipped to me for a 44-day treck. Thirsty but fine.</p><p></p><p>There are more, but the point is, what seemed like a disaster at the time has turned into moments of experience. And if you will, stories for bragging rights. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ManlyMan7, post: 99571, member: 3569"] Bummer. If it is any encouragement to you, my now 9" Lp broke both her fangs off a few years ago about a month after her molt. She spent 5 months not eating before she molted again into a new pair of fangs. Whew! Do you have any pictures showing the size of its abdomen? I would like to see how much reserves it has to carry it to the next molt. And it will likely molt sooner than normal to remedy the problem. I once had a genic (come to think of it, my current 8" girl!) who spent a whopping 7 weeks between molts (around 5" at that!) for no apparent reason. So a genic can turnaround pretty quick if it wants to. What's more, my 8" girl molted about 14 months ago her R3 leg got stuck in the molt. A bit disconcerting to see a pool of hemolymph forming on her new exo below her fangs. She eventually dropped the leg, which I was a bit upset about because I knew it could be years before she is back to normal. At her size, she molts about once a year. But she molted again in May with a half-sized new leg, and I think she is gearing up to molt again soon, which means in a bit more than a year, she should be back to normal. Hope this helps. As for the bad luck, I have had my share, but in hindsight, they have afforded me opportunities for some wonderful experience with Ts. Apart from the above incidents, I have dropped a LED light box onto my molting P. sazimai juvie (paid $165 for it as a sling before their prices came down) only to watch it bleed out. I was sick. It survived!! And after HE molted to maturity this summer, I was able to trade him for 4.5 slings (had to pay the difference on the balfouri sling). A few months before that, I pulled back the old exo of my MF B. albopilosum a few years ago to see that I just ripped a pea-sized hole in the underside of her abdomen (the old exo was attached to the new). It pulled her silk glands out and she bled a lot! (more than a tablespoon). But she rolled back over onto the old exo, and with each passing day, hope grew more and more. She has now molted twice since then. I had a Chaco male mailed to me a few years ago who promptly got lost in the new sorting facility in BC. The package disappeared and we gave up hope. A bit more than a month later, his package was found and shipped to me for a 44-day treck. Thirsty but fine. There are more, but the point is, what seemed like a disaster at the time has turned into moments of experience. And if you will, stories for bragging rights. :D [/QUOTE]
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