T Molting Support Group for Noobs*

[timc]

Avic avic is stretching...shouldn't be
Long now!

 

[RedCapTrio]

Pinkie made a copy of itself during the night! Was not even able to determine that it was in premolt.

 

[Enn49]

P. reduncus, Coffee, has moulted but not appeared yet.

 

[sym]

2 moults to report over the last few days.
T.Lagunas
Phormictopus. Sp green

Pictures to follow

 

[Enn49]

My P. reduncus, Coffee, has finally pushed its old exo out of the burrow although I've not seen all of Coffee yet just the legs in the bottom corner of the container.


Coffee had pushed the old exo all the way up the web tunnel and left it on top of some of the leaves

 

[Kymura]

When doing my evening checks found this at the mouth of my B albo's burrow,

 

[Enn49]

My other T. violaceus, Demerara, moulted yesterday. This one has now moulted 3 times since it came to me but it's still smaller than its sac mate Kutari who's only moulted twice, they were both 1st instars when they arrived.

 

[Fuzzball79]

My other T. violaceus, Demerara, moulted yesterday. This one has now moulted 3 times since it came to me but it's still smaller than its sac mate Kutari who's only moulted twice, they were both 1st instars when they arrived.

Maybe that means she is a female?

 

[Enn49]

Maybe that means she is a female?

That thought had crossed my mind, fingers crossed we're right

 

[Dr Mengele]

Its always disturbing to me when I notice mine not eating and getting inactive around molt time. I never seem to put it together that its molt time and i always assume the worst. This is after almost 12 years of keeping My 2 T's . We watch, we hope , we pray and nature has dont the rest! One reason i keep species that like it dryer. Let the experts work with the Humid needing Types.

 

[Enn49]

Its always disturbing to me when I notice mine not eating and getting inactive around molt time. I never seem to put it together that its molt time and i always assume the worst. This is after almost 12 years of keeping My 2 T's . We watch, we hope , we pray and nature has dont the rest! One reason i keep species that like it dryer. Let the experts work with the Humid needing Types.

I'm glad it still bothers you after 12 years, I feel less stupid now about worrying over mine especially the bigger ones, the slings mainly seem to sail through.

 

[Dr Mengele]

If we are to be responsible keepers of anything alive, we MUST have an eye for details. So when our monsters quit eating and act lethargic it is gonna be natural to be worried. If you were not worried a bit then sell whatever your keeping and get a Pet rock. But When they DO molt, no one that keeps T's is gonna tell me that the feeding frenzy isnt a spectacle! My Salmon Haired Bird eater will Make a Ball out of 15-20 large crickets and Gobble em up. Then she politely deposits the remains in the far corner of her cage and goes about her house keeping and webbing the Floor...

 

[Enn49]

Oh, I worry about them, they're checked at least once a day usually twice especially the little ones. My C. schioedtei has gone into hiding this week so I can't see it and it's bothering me even though I know its probably in premoult judging by the huge abdomen on it last time I saw it.

 

[Fuzzball79]

I'm the same: I worry especially when the big girls molt, probably because they take so much longer than the little guys. I don't really have any in premolt at the moment. My Amazonica possibly because it's webbing like there's no tomorrow and has made itself a little web cave on the top of a leaf. I think my Genic and Boehmei could do with a molt, especially the Boehmei, the little fatty, but they're still eating.

P.S.: Does anyone else get asked if they are sure the want to like a post? I've never had this before, but today I liked 2 different posts (different FMs, too) and it did that...

 

[Enn49]

P.S.: Does anyone else get asked if they are sure the want to like a post? I've never had this before, but today I liked 2 different posts (different FMs, too) and it did that...

No, I've not had that.

 

[Enn49]

My N. sp Guyana, Arawak, was another victim of a leaky bowl and it substrate had become quite soggy so I rehoused it today. As I was gently tipping the old substrate into a cricket tub I discovered an old exo. I did notice it wasn't brittle but put that down to it being buried in moist substrate until I came across Arawak looking decidedly freshly moulted. Luckily it walked into its new, drier container without problems. Arawak has been with me since January and this is the first moult I've found and I'd not seen it since April so no idea that it was due to moult.

 

[Jordan Bean]

I have one T and she's been with me since September (so about two months) - she's been in her burrow for three weeks now. I think she's in premoult, since she won't eat. How do I keep her from getting dehydrated? I live in Canada, and the winters are awful for humidity. I'm doing my best but I'm struggling to keep it around 50%. She's a B albopilosum.

 

[Enn49]

Two moults today.

First was my N. chromatus, Zingu, although I've not seen it yet just the old exo.


Next up, when I went to top up the water bowl, I found C. schioedtei, Tigger x 2.
Exo left, Tigger's bum on the right

 

[Enn49]

I have one T and she's been with me since September (so about two months) - she's been in her burrow for three weeks now. I think she's in premoult, since she won't eat. How do I keep her from getting dehydrated? I live in Canada, and the winters are awful for humidity. I'm doing my best but I'm struggling to keep it around 50%. She's a B albopilosum.

As long as it has a bowl of water it should be fine, B. Albopilosums are quite tough so humidity isn't so important.

 

[Jordan Bean]

As long as it has a bowl of water it should be fine, B. Albopilosums are quite tough so humidity isn't so important.

That's great to hear. Thanks