my red-leg molted

[laura916]

Last fed it on Tuesday. Put 2 crickets in and it ate 1 immediately. Didn't see tarantula Wednesday or check on it and just now my hubby said the 2nd cricket was still in there, so I got the flashlight and peeked under log and there's what looks like 2 tarantulas! Woohoo.. 1 is brighter though.

I told him get the cricket outta the tank and when we opened it I saw tarantula crawl away so I know its alright and the molt went fine.

I want to get the molt out but will have to move the log and all the dirt it used to seal up one side.. is that ok to do?

 

[laura916]

I'm so excited! Lmao

 

[laura916]

checked it again and it looked like she was taking the molt away, so we decided to move the log, carefully, and got the molt out, then replaced log and everything held up fine. (the dirt barricade)

What would've happened had she moved the molt? Do they bury it?

 

[harleyqueen]

Great news, I'm glad it went well.

 

[harleyqueen]

Sometimes they just squash them sometimes they kick them about sometimes they ignore them. Who knows what goes on in a ts mind ?

 

[laura916]

We got the T back in early April, this is its 1st molt since we've had it
heres a pic of the old skin

 

[Josh]

Congrats on the first molt!

 

[laura916]

Thanks.
I was pretty excited. Can't wait til it comes out and stretches on the glass so I can really see its beauty. Lol

 

[Josh]

Yah - you better be on the ready so you can snap some photos!!

 

[paolo escoto]

first molt is the most exciting molt. can't wait for mine to molt too.

 

[laura916]

yes it is exciting.. whats really weird though was yesterday about 6am i was telling my husband about the dream i had just woke from. I was dreaming that it molted and out came a mechanical tarantula, like terminator tarantula, lol.. then a couple hours later when he saw the cricket that was still in there and we looked under the log, the T had actually molted Like a weird 6th sense premonition thing, haha.

 

[harleyqueen]

Huh that's amazing.

 

[laura916]

Huh that's amazing.

I know! lol, we were freaking out a little bit about it after we saw it had molted and with my dream.. it was strange.

 

[laura916]

Yah - you better be on the ready so you can snap some photos!!

Ok, so i looked over and its out a little, i was able to snap a few photos before my phone started dying.. here they are. Its not out all the way and ignore the stuffing mix box, haha.. i rig all kindsa stuff to keep my cats away from jumping up there

 

[laura916]

Hmmm.... my T is now more active than its ever been since its thursday molt.
We hardly ever saw it in april and early may, and now since thursday its quite the opposite, lol

 

[Bast]

Congrats on the moult!!

 

[laura916]

Congrats on the moult!!

Thank you

 

[paolo escoto]

MINE IS IN PRE MOLT YAY. black abdomen and shizz.

 

[laura916]

Yay, can't wait to see pics.

 

[Sabeth]

I'm still on the lookout for a molt from my Ts! Can't wait to see it. Your Redleg is adorable!