A GENICULATA JUVENILE MOULT ISSUE

[MatthewB13]

Hello guys,

Im a first time T keeper and have a beautiful female A Genic juvy.

She had her first moult in my care recently and I'm a little worried as there is a piece of exo skeleton hanging of the top of her abdomen. Its about the size of a 5p piece.

Will this perhaps come off during her next moult or is this a serious problem?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers!

 

[MassExodus]

Could you post a pic?

 

[Entity]

yeah pics if u can. But we see this sometimes. the old exo is wet and dries on the new one. shouldnt be a big issue. at least the past cases ive seen turned out to be little to worry about.

 

[Thistles]

You can gently use a wet q-tip to see if you can dislodge it. It's better that it be on the top than on the bottom for sure. Probably nothing to worry about, though.

 

[MatthewB13]

Thank you so much for the quick responses! I'm using my phone as I don't have a computer and don't have a clue how to upload a pic on this forum??

 

[MatthewB13]

Figured it out!! It's not the clearest photo I could get another next time I feed her though.

 

[MassExodus]

This looks remarkably like a pic I've seen recently..im hoping its not a full abdomen piece that's stuck, but I can't tell in the pic. The last time I think I was @Wg25 that had one like that. The danger is if the whole abdomen piece is stuck over the booklungs or butt of the spider. That can cause issues. If its just the top or a small piece its not a problem.

 

[kormath]

This looks remarkably like a pic I've seen recently..im hoping its not a full abdomen piece that's stuck, but I can't tell in the pic. The last time I think I was @Wg25 that had one like that. The danger is if the whole abdomen piece is stuck over the booklungs or butt of the spider. That can cause issues. If its just the top or a small piece its not a problem.

I think you're right, I believe it was @Wg25 that had a similar issue blocking the butt so it couldn't poop. Hopefully this one is just the top stuck like you said.

 

[Entity]

yeah it was. the carapace was just sitting on the abdomen slightly dried to it. he used a moist q tip and it came right off he said.

 

[Scoolman]

The T will remove it on its own when grooming. Wetting it with a cotton swab, as mentioned, will help.

 

[Wg25]

Hey guys. Yes that's right! Same thing happend with my B.boehmei a few months ago. A few people assured me he wil be okay because it only looked like his carapace part of his molt got caught on top of his abdomen. But I was shocked to find out that a small piece was still covering his spinnerets.
I waited a few days for it to dry and hopefully fall off. But by day 4 he wasn't doing very well.....back legs started looking deformed from him trying to desperately get it off....and he had poop oozing out of the sides of the molt. I found him the next afternoon flopped over on his back... Wiggling around to weak to get back up. He died about 5 hours later.... Was the saddest loss.
But if its only the carapace part she should be fine....but do a proper inspection on her booklungs and spinnerets! And if the are still covered I'd spring in to action asap.

 

[Wg25]

http://www.tarantulaforum.com/threads/not-again.6984/

 

[Entity]

oh yeah i remember now. he was fine the first time but the second time he did the same thing....only it turned out badly that time.

 

[Wg25]

oh ****.m yeah i remember now. he was fine the first time but the second time he did the same thing....only it turned out badly that time.

Bought another Boehmei yesterday...so lets hope this little guy doesn't have any trouble with his molting

 

[Entity]

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Bought another Boehmei yesterday...so lets hope this little guy doesn't have any trouble with his molting

awesome! i think he will be fine. what are the chances that 2 in a row have molting problems. the laws of probability are on his side!

 

[MatthewB13]

Hey guys, I haven't been able to g et a pic from behind of her but I've tried using wet cotton buds but it doesn't want to budge. I've been keeping an eye on her as much as I can and her back legs aren't going deformed etc and her spinnerets are clear. If I get chance I'll post a pic of her from the back So you can see it better and perhaps advise me on anything I could do to help her?

 

[Phil]

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Bought another Boehmei yesterday...so lets hope this little guy doesn't have any trouble with his molting

That's a little cutie.

 

[Phil]

Hey guys, I haven't been able to g et a pic from behind of her but I've tried using wet cotton buds but it doesn't want to budge. I've been keeping an eye on her as much as I can and her back legs aren't going deformed etc and her spinnerets are clear. If I get chance I'll post a pic of her from the back So you can see it better and perhaps advise me on anything I could do to help her?

Yes please do post pics if you get chance.

 

[MatthewB13]

Hey guys, I've finally managed to get a pic of her behind and I'm rather scared after seeing what's going on back there, any advice at all would be massively appreciated!

 

[kormath]

that doesn't look good. almost looks like decay on the abdomen, unless that's part of the old molt.