Advice needed

[RonC]

Last night I fed my GBB a pk meal worm. When I dropped it in there were three small roaches I thought the T had eaten came out after the meal worm. T acted interested in the activity but didn't feed. T has been in the corner of the enclosure seemingly stressing this morning. Managed to lure one of the roaches into a small dram bottle and removed it. Still trying to capture the others but don't want to stress T any more than necessary. Here's a pic of T, Im thinking it's in pre-molt. Abdomen and legs have lost most of it's color.

 

[Enn49]

Put a piece of carrot, or similar in a corner of the Ts enclosure, it should attract the roaches so you can grab them.

 

[RonC]

They run too fast and I shake too much trying. I put a piece of cricket food in a dram bottle and stood it up when the roach went in it. The other two are being more elusive. They run when I touch the enclosure. Other than this the only way would be to destroy the enclosure to get them out. I'll keep trying this, maybe change bait..

 

[Arachnoclown]

I've never lost a T from a roach attack...crickets, yes. I tie a string onto a vial and place food (cat/dog) in it. When they go in I pull it out... Works sometimes. You can just leave food in the enclosure also and that will keep the roaches occupied.

 

[RonC]

That's comforting. Switched to roaches because I felt safer feeding them to my Ts. Watching the roaches go after the meal worm kind of unsettled me. I'll keep them full till I can get them out. I used a BBQ skewer to reach in and stand it up but a string might be better, less noise to spook them..

 

[RonC]

Upon closer examination I found an old set of clothes in its web. It molted and was drying. Has it's color back and is moving around. Haven't seen it's roommates but they are going to be in trouble in a few days. Still trying to catch them.

 

[MassExodus]

Was about to say, it looked too vivid for premolt.

 

[RonC]

Can't hardly tell from the first pic how bad it looked. I've never seen a T immediately post molt. Always molted overnight and were pretty much dried by the time I saw them. These Ts will get me over worrying if nothing else.