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Some molting advice?
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<blockquote data-quote="Allthingsterrarium" data-source="post: 48209" data-attributes="member: 3930"><p>Hi everybody! Just joined the forum after about 3 weeks or so with my new tarantula. He's my first tarantula ever, provided my favorite species, so despite all my research I'm a little inexperienced regarding the care of these fascinating animals. </p><p></p><p>Anyway my spider's name is October and he's a brachypelma boehmei, a Mexican fireleg, not a red knee. He has a 3 inch leg span and seems to be getting a little bigger since I got him. I requested a male from the site I got him from considering females can live into their 30s and just in case he turned out to be a nightmare I don't want a 30 year nightmare so I'm pretty sure he's male. I know that the more he eats the closer he's getting to molting. I feed him a single cricket every other day and although I haven't personally seen him attack his prey or eat yet, I find vaporized little bits of crickets and every now and then I'll see him just holding a cricket in his fangs so I assume he eats pretty well. </p><p></p><p>Please forgive my going on and on but I just thought that information might help. On to the question <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I'm looking forward to his first molt because the more a tarantula molts the bigger it gets but at the same time I'm nervous about it because I heard that not only will a freshly molted tarantula be more fragile but will lie on his back motionless for days on end. I don't want to mistake him for dead and throw him away though I did hear that a dead tarantula curls i's lets up. How do I deal with a molting tarantula? Is there any other way to know when he's about to molt besides going off his food? What if he's having trouble? When will he be sturdy enough to offer him food again after molting? It's impossible to know but at 3 inches when can I generally expect a brachypelma boehmei to molt and how often does the species do so?</p><p></p><p>Sorry it was long but with each passing day he gets closer to molting and I want to be ready for it. Thank you so much!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Allthingsterrarium, post: 48209, member: 3930"] Hi everybody! Just joined the forum after about 3 weeks or so with my new tarantula. He's my first tarantula ever, provided my favorite species, so despite all my research I'm a little inexperienced regarding the care of these fascinating animals. Anyway my spider's name is October and he's a brachypelma boehmei, a Mexican fireleg, not a red knee. He has a 3 inch leg span and seems to be getting a little bigger since I got him. I requested a male from the site I got him from considering females can live into their 30s and just in case he turned out to be a nightmare I don't want a 30 year nightmare so I'm pretty sure he's male. I know that the more he eats the closer he's getting to molting. I feed him a single cricket every other day and although I haven't personally seen him attack his prey or eat yet, I find vaporized little bits of crickets and every now and then I'll see him just holding a cricket in his fangs so I assume he eats pretty well. Please forgive my going on and on but I just thought that information might help. On to the question :) I'm looking forward to his first molt because the more a tarantula molts the bigger it gets but at the same time I'm nervous about it because I heard that not only will a freshly molted tarantula be more fragile but will lie on his back motionless for days on end. I don't want to mistake him for dead and throw him away though I did hear that a dead tarantula curls i's lets up. How do I deal with a molting tarantula? Is there any other way to know when he's about to molt besides going off his food? What if he's having trouble? When will he be sturdy enough to offer him food again after molting? It's impossible to know but at 3 inches when can I generally expect a brachypelma boehmei to molt and how often does the species do so? Sorry it was long but with each passing day he gets closer to molting and I want to be ready for it. Thank you so much! [/QUOTE]
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