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<blockquote data-quote="Gizalba" data-source="post: 180440" data-attributes="member: 31253"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I 'think' my T. albopilosus Misty has moulted. I can't be sure as she must have left it in her hide, but these are the pictures comparing her last week, and now. She looks different to me and her legs seem longer. I have never had a tarantula moult before (she is my first who I got about 2 months ago), so this is very exciting if she has.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]49437[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]49439[/ATTACH]</p><p>If she has moulted, I also wondered whether her abdomen is looking too skinny and when would be appropriate to try feeding her? I have read that you should leave adult Ts about a week after the moult. However with her being so skinny and a juvenile, I wondered if it is best to do it a bit sooner?</p><p></p><p>A final question I have is about mites. I have seen a tiny white thing moving fast around her hide entrance. Is this likely to be a mite and if so, at what point is it classed as an infestation/ I should empty her cage? I really don't want to empty if I can help it as she has spent so long building the hide. I have also noticed very small flies in her enclosure, especially around the sphagnum moss. Is this bad/is there anything I can do to reduce them?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gizalba, post: 180440, member: 31253"] Hi, I 'think' my T. albopilosus Misty has moulted. I can't be sure as she must have left it in her hide, but these are the pictures comparing her last week, and now. She looks different to me and her legs seem longer. I have never had a tarantula moult before (she is my first who I got about 2 months ago), so this is very exciting if she has. [ATTACH type="full"]49437[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]49439[/ATTACH] If she has moulted, I also wondered whether her abdomen is looking too skinny and when would be appropriate to try feeding her? I have read that you should leave adult Ts about a week after the moult. However with her being so skinny and a juvenile, I wondered if it is best to do it a bit sooner? A final question I have is about mites. I have seen a tiny white thing moving fast around her hide entrance. Is this likely to be a mite and if so, at what point is it classed as an infestation/ I should empty her cage? I really don't want to empty if I can help it as she has spent so long building the hide. I have also noticed very small flies in her enclosure, especially around the sphagnum moss. Is this bad/is there anything I can do to reduce them? [/QUOTE]
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