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difficult molt

  1. TravelingT

    Old Age?

    Hi. I haven't been on here in a long while. My tarantula, Colby is around 33-36 years old (she was gifted to me by a friend almost 30 years ago and she was already an adult and molting almost every year when I first got her). Her last molt was a rough one. It happened in October and I had to...
  2. Oredhel

    G Pulchripes question

    Hello everyone! My G Pulchripes recently passed due to a bad molt. She borrowed herself (she was a big sling, almost juvenile) and when nothing happened after a month i decided to open the borrow to see if everything was ok and i found her with all her legs stuck in the molt. I tried to release...
  3. T

    20 yr old Rose hair stuck carapace molt

    Hi all, I have been caring for a 20+yr old rose hair at my university for the past couple years-- she is a "class pet" for the invertebrate zoology course. I'm rather fond of her even though she hates me. This past weekend (9-16) she molted as she does every year/every other year at this point...
  4. E

    My juvenile t hasn’t molted in 4 months

    Hii, I have a juvenile pamphobeteus sp. Machala who has not been sexed yet. I’ve had her since November of last year and she lives in a 2 gallon- I’m worried because she hasn’t molted in a while, and she’s mainly stationary in her enclosure, I mist it twice a day and she didn’t take the last...
  5. SillySpiders

    Help with poor molt position!

    Hey guys, my h. Pulchripes sling, approx. .5-.75, was running around enclosure yesterday in an odd but very active way. Tonight she is in a precarious position right side up but kinda on her side and up against the wall. She appears to be attempting to molt but she also looks stuck. I am not...
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