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<blockquote data-quote="Rosie1" data-source="post: 233176" data-attributes="member: 48335"><p>Good afternoon! I have a rose hair tarantula, Rosie, who is at least 10 years old (she was an adult when I got her, and I've had her for 10 years). She's had "normal" molts as long as I've had her. Last night she molted right side up and appeared to have difficulty, although she did compete her molt. Typically she becomes fairly active by the next morning. I'm concerned for a couple reasons. First, her abdomen appears off-center, kind of angled toward one side. With her limited mobility thus far it's a little difficult to tell definitively if she is having trouble ambulating. Second, I've only seen her move about 4 inches, but she appears to be dragging her abdomen. I could be wrong, but she just doesn't seem to look quite right...although I've only been able to gauge from very limited movement. I covered her tank to minimize any stress (we have two obnoxiously loud coonhounds that frequently pass by her enclosure ). Any insight and recommendations are much appreciated. Thanks for being such an amazing resource.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rosie1, post: 233176, member: 48335"] Good afternoon! I have a rose hair tarantula, Rosie, who is at least 10 years old (she was an adult when I got her, and I've had her for 10 years). She's had "normal" molts as long as I've had her. Last night she molted right side up and appeared to have difficulty, although she did compete her molt. Typically she becomes fairly active by the next morning. I'm concerned for a couple reasons. First, her abdomen appears off-center, kind of angled toward one side. With her limited mobility thus far it's a little difficult to tell definitively if she is having trouble ambulating. Second, I've only seen her move about 4 inches, but she appears to be dragging her abdomen. I could be wrong, but she just doesn't seem to look quite right...although I've only been able to gauge from very limited movement. I covered her tank to minimize any stress (we have two obnoxiously loud coonhounds that frequently pass by her enclosure ). Any insight and recommendations are much appreciated. Thanks for being such an amazing resource. [/QUOTE]
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