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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arachnoclown" data-source="post: 179361" data-attributes="member: 27444">Yes you can use superglue...You need to know before doing this there is a risk of death. Huge risk of bleedout. The risk of death would however be sooner then later when molting again. Personally as gruesome as it sounds if it were my prize Brachypelma smithi I'd remove all the legs. Bent and damaged legs are going to grow scar tissue on the inside again...trapping the spider. If its just a tip or already broken limb it should fall off on its own. Im not sure about snipping it off...it may work. Anything bent or twisted is going to be a problem again. When they struggle to get out molting they create new problems because their exoskeleton skeleton is soft. It will end up a constant reoccurring problem. Its better to set her up for future success now. She has you to care for her so she doesn't really need her legs. It will be a long road to recovery...till she molts again.</blockquote>