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I honestly didn't carefully monitor it. I just noticed it looked that way when it was facing away from me. It is new hair under there, so I imagine it all grows in at the same rate. Brachypelmas don't molt very often so be prepared for a long wait. There really isn't any reliable way to predict...

My B auratum also came with a bald butt. It just means they were kicking hairs. Who knows why at this point. That bald spot will darken up before they molt. Here is mine's butt a week or two before they molted.

Grammostola acteon. I had no idea she was going to molt. I gave her a dubia roach. I checked the next morning and she had built a molt mat over the roach. She was on her back so I didn't dare try to take it out. The roach is still webbed down! I want to take credit for documenting a tarantula...

Aphonopelma sp. Jalisco. Took long enough! It's had a black shiny butt for almost a month.

Aphonopelma sp. Acapulco. My normally low key spider was a bit sassy post molt.

Another victim of autocorrect. Pics?

At least it wasn't the roaches from Damnation Alley.

Got sent this today. It was too good to not share.

Aaaand today we decided to do a Grammostola rosea. Word on the street is this is a red morph. I'm gonna be waiting a while on that color.

Aphonopelma bicoloratum molted. That explains why it wasn't eating.

I've had a few spiders bury themselves for extremely long times. Completely normal. It is nice when they give you a little window to peek at them. The record holder was an Aphonopelma anax that stayed buried for almost a year. Even then, it buried itself again a few days later. That lasted a...

Much as I hate to admit it, I went to one of the forbidden places for something my Mom and Pop didn't have. They had a juvie B. auratum marked down to a price I wasn't willing to turn down. I didn't really pay attention to the enclosure conditions because there was no way I was walking away...

If it molted three days ago it's fangs won't be hard enough to eat even if it wanted to. I give them a week or two after molting before I offer them any food. Slings harden up quicker than bigger spiders. I wouldn't leave food in with them because they are particularly vulnerable post-molt...

I'll be keeping an eye out for the N. cerradensis. Another floof tarantula! I just found out they moved N. chromatus to Vitalius chromatus. That is funny because I didn't want one because they weren't floofy. I'd be at expos practically tripping over them looking for a N. colloratavillosus. The...