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Size comparison- carapace is bigger than a 50 cent piece.
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9.5" female T. stirmi in premolt
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What are signs of premolt for T. Stirmi?
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They usually stop eating. The bald spot on the abdomen turns black. Sometimes they kick their hair off their abdomen but Theraphosa are skittish and are prone to doing that at the slightest movement or if agitated.
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The black spots on LP especially as slings I'm familiar with. However I have an adult female Stirmi and the spot on her butt is rusty (will attach photo). She was eating like crazy. Been several weeks since she last ate. She mostly stays in the same spot out in the open. If she does move it's extremely slow.
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Yeah mine went without food for a few months before she molted so don't be surprised about how long they fast. As long as she has water (and raise the humidity in her enclosure a bit) she will be fine.
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Wtf that's a long time. How long was her molting session? I've noticed that when I turn the heater on high, she tends to scale around wall of enclosure. She has plenty of substrate and water. Oddly she did web up the front of her hide a little bit, but hasn't been in it the last several weeks. She just stays out in the open.Yeah mine went without food for a few months before she molted so don't be surprised about how long they fast. As long as she has water (and raise the humidity in her enclosure a bit) she will be fine.
