Brachypelma Albopilosum

[nyteovvl]

Hi all, been a long time since I posted a question. This situation bothers me a little. My curly hair,Penelope, molted annually about the same time of year, the first two years I had her. This year shes gone about 5 months overdue from the annual date last year and still no molt. As adults, dont they molt yearly? She has lost a leg segment ( I have no clue how that happened ) and shes flicked off most of the hairs off her abdomen because I have a cat ( not allowed in my room but he manages to sneak in ) that sits next to the tank to stare her down. He hasn't been in there for a few months but my beautiful little girl still won't molt and I don't want her dying from not molting like my previous Rose Hair did. Any ideas?

 

[Arachnoclown]

Hi all, been a long time since I posted a question. This situation bothers me a little. My curly hair,Penelope, molted annually about the same time of year, the first two years I had her. This year shes gone about 5 months overdue from the annual date last year and still no molt. As adults, dont they molt yearly? She has lost a leg segment ( I have no clue how that happened ) and shes flicked off most of the hairs off her abdomen because I have a cat ( not allowed in my room but he manages to sneak in ) that sits next to the tank to stare her down. He hasn't been in there for a few months but my beautiful little girl still won't molt and I don't want her dying from not molting like my previous Rose Hair did. Any ideas?

No they don't molt annually. My 20 year old Grammostola porteri molts about every 6 years now. The older they get the longer between molts.

 

[Aracnoenthusiast]

Agreed. the older you get, the longer everything takes. Including molting

 

[octanejunkie]

Hi all, been a long time since I posted a question.

Agreed. the older you get, the longer everything takes. Including molting

So long in fact that the species OP mentions has been reclassified to a new genus and species: Tliltocatl albopilosus