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I thought he was dying!

SpiderMom13

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Found our little guy on his back moving his legs slowly and immediately thought he was dying! Broke the news to my son (who the B.S. belongs to), who was bummed until I asked if it could just be molting.
Yep, he was not dying but going through his/her first molt!!
Now he/she is on top of the molt and we can’t get to it... so bummed, as we wanted to see if it is a girl/boy.
Maybe next time.
 

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SpiderMom13

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I'm glad you realized he was molting. I dont even know how many times Ive heard of people disposing of a spider on its back.

Me too, I was about to flip it over to see if it just was having a hard time flipping back over after falling off the wall. That would have been bad I’m sure!

It webbed a bunch on the ground and a bit up the wall last night, so knew something was up, but haven’t seen this process before.
 

Nunua

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Can one of you tell me if it’s normal for their abdominal to seem smaller after molting? Ours seems super small now.
It's totally normal for abdomen being smaller after molting. The "old abdomen" looks big before molt mostly because the new one exoskeleton is developing inside the old one and there is liquid between them :) No need to worry. For what I see from that one photo, abdomen looks all fine sizewise. All it needs now is peace and fresh water, which it obviously has! :D
 
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