T Molting Support Group for Noobs*

[Fuzzball79]

My a. Versicolor has just molted, too.
I can't get a picture though, because she's webbed herself in (I can see part of the crunched up shed and 2 pale legs, lol). That's all mine done for now (not including my poorly P. met) so it should be back to normal display and feeding behaviour soon.

 

[Enn49]

@Fuzzball79 How's the P. met doing?

 

[Fuzzball79]

@Fuzzball79 How's the P. met doing?

Hi, thanks for asking.
It's still clinging on in ICU. Not moving much on its own, but when I gently nudge to check if it has passed and just not curled up. It moves the odd leg. It's still in ICU. There's not point in moving it back into its tub as it can't climb and would just end up lying at the bottom. At least that way I can keep it hydrated and an eye on it. I've provisionally named it Yoddha, which is the Hindi word for Fighter.

 

[Enn49]

@Fuzzball79 Aw, bless him/her. I do hope it pulls through for you, They are such beautiful Ts..

 

[Enn49]

A. laerta, Frio has moulted and now has all eight legs again having lost 2 when it moulted during shipping.

 

[Fuzzball79]

What a beauty he is. <3

 

[Enn49]

@Fuzzball79 Thank you. I think I've quite fallen for this one, maybe because of its bad start.

 

[Fuzzball79]

Probably, we like our underdogs don't we, lol?
I just took my A. Versis moult out and I definitely saw 2 spermatacae (sp?) on it, but was too clumsy and ripped it to get a photo. Oh well, I'm still 99% sure she's indeed a she.

 

[sym]

@Fuzzball79 . I would like to find out what my H.Pulchripes is but its old skin is to small to tell. Will post some pictures in a few days

 

[Fuzzball79]

@Fuzzball79 . I would like to find out what my H.Pulchripes is but its old skin is to small to tell. Will post some pictures in a few days

I know what you mean. I'm desperate to sex my GBB, LP and P. Met, but they're just too teeny. My T. Gigas (the hooligan) always crunches up its molt, so by the time I finally get it, I can't make it out.

 

[Enn49]

My L. sp Borneo Black, Sable, has moulted today but not seen it yet.

 

[sym]

Any day now I reckon for my LP. Hadn't been sitting out for the last few days so decided to have a look with a torch and is moving round in a clockwise motion flicking hairs

 

[sym]

My phormictopus sp green after its moult ..

 

[sym]

Flipped over

 

[sym]

Had a check this morning looks like a successful moult

 

[Fuzzball79]

I think my P.Met sling is gone. I got not movement of it this morning. I'll leave it a couple of hours, because it fooled me before and it's not in death curl, but I understand that they don't always go into it.

 

[RedCapTrio]

@Fuzzball79 Hang in there, I guess when it's time to go then it's time.

I have been reading through this thread from page1 and two hours later, felt quite relieved and then tempted to get another T! I've had my first B. smithi just last Saturday and been researching every chance I get (got a thread started already).

Now, I am faced with a dilemma since I know that it is on pre-molt (been hiding, burrowing and covered entrance of its cave with substrate and webbing, abdomen blackish for four days now) and then discovered that one side of the enclosure has a little mold in the substrate (on the glass and substrate not in the surface). I was not able to take photos since I have been reading since I've discovered it this afternoon. I hoped to get advice here and discovered this molting thread instead so got offtracked.

BTW, what are the effects of mold on a molting T? I've been checking its burrow and B. smithi aka Tartar is okay, not really moving much but is facing there then facing here each time I check.

Thanks for any replies...

 

[Enn49]

Having rehoused my N. chromatus a couple of days ago, I was surprised that Luzia hadn't burrowed but last night the reason was clear as it moulted.


Finally a post moult pic of Sable, L. sp Borneo Black

 

[Enn49]

Today sees my little T. violaceus, Kutari, moulting

 

[sym]

Lp