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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MBullock" data-source="post: 215858" data-attributes="member: 33994">He wont survive this IMO.  You would actually likely need to cut the old molt away carefully which you cant do til he hardens, and even then if you lack a steady hand and feather-touch, it wont end well.I personally feel you should euthanize him.. i dont see him surviving this. Moisture wont help as ecdysis is an enzymatic process.  If it survives it will drop the legs on its own, provided it's not too senile.  Even with room he'd've still been likely trapped.  Successful postultimate molts are rarer than a friendly OBT</blockquote>