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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheFredricus" data-source="post: 179315" data-attributes="member: 33482">Hey guys,My 17-year old B. Hamorii has had two consecutive bad molts. During the first bad molt in august 2019, two of her middle legs on her left side got stuck which ended with me having to interfere. I got one of the legs out, but it got heavily deformed from the knee down. The other leg could not be saved at all and was removed.She has lived a normal life since then, and about 10 days ago she molted again. This time, she couldn’t get any of her legs out on her left side, and after awhile I decided to help her out again. This time, all of the legs on her left side got deformed, including her new tiny limb (pedipalps are fine though).See attached images.This made me wonder if she will ever molt normally again, IF I don’t remove or partially remove pieces of her legs that are deformed and of no use to her. Also, since 4 years back, she has molted the right side up (not upside down like she should) and I’m not sure if this is affecting her molting...?Now to the actual question - Should I cut her bad legs off? I’ve heard people saying that you should, while others heavily take distance from it. I’m just worried that she won’t be able to pull her new limbs out the next time she molts, or that her legs will be deformed over and over again. What should I do? Any experienced T owners out there that had this problem? I’m grateful for all the help, I’ve had this girl for almost 17 years and I want to do what is best for her.As a side note, she seems to be just fine, she acts normal and is very energetic (she loves to climb)!</blockquote>

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