Aphonopelma seemanni 4 months in seclusion

[Douglas]

Got my Aphonopelma seemanni a year ago. 4 months ago it it barracaded itself in the home I built. I had transfered it into its current home a month prior. Ate good, crickets and gutload. Then signs of molting. Then the baracade. I was patient and left it alone. I got anxious after a month but continued to leave it alone. After 2 months I was worried so I peeked and it wasnt happy but it had not molted. I'm real patient and happy it's alive so I leave it alone again. Now 4 months and I am worried so I peeked again. Alive, not happy I peeked and still not molted. Has anyone heard of this before, 4 months!

 

[nedaK]

Got my Aphonopelma seemanni a year ago. 4 months ago it it barracaded itself in the home I built. I had transfered it into its current home a month prior. Ate good, crickets and gutload. Then signs of molting. Then the baracade. I was patient and left it alone. I got anxious after a month but continued to leave it alone. After 2 months I was worried so I peeked and it wasnt happy but it had not molted. I'm real patient and happy it's alive so I leave it alone again. Now 4 months and I am worried so I peeked again. Alive, not happy I peeked and still not molted. Has anyone heard of this before, 4 months!

My rose hair took nearly a year of premolt before molting, your stripe knee most likely won’t take as long. All you can do is wait and fill it’s water dish.

 

[Douglas]

It's not getting water or food though. I do keep it humid.

 

[menavodi]

It's not getting water or food though. I do keep it humid.

Do you have a water dish?

 

[Arachnoclown]

4 months is nothing for a seemanni...I've got 6 females. I wouldn't be worried until you dont see them for over a year.

 

[Douglas]

Do you have a water dish?

Yes but it has baracaded itself in in its home. The opening is 100% closed

 

[Nunua]

Yes but it has baracaded itself in in its home. The opening is 100% closed

Even though the opening is sealed, it doesn't mean that the T never comes out They're masters of repairing the web and dirt wall after taking a short stroll to get a drink in the middle of night when there is no disturbance.

 

[Jess S]

Hi @Douglas. I'm afraid I have nothing useful to add apart from what everyone has already said, you'll have to wait it out even though it is worrying for you.
I just wanted to ask what the plastic thing is in the enclosure. Is it some sort of fancy temperature guage?