My T after molt, does she look okay?

[Clownc0ffin]

This is her hours after a molt, she molted this morning and it's currently 12am. She was laying flat earlier and I noticed some of her kegs curling under her and bending in weird ways when she wasn't doing that earlier. Maybe she's still soft but I'm just checking

 

[Clownc0ffin]

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This is her hours after a molt, she molted this morning and it's currently 12am. She was laying flat earlier and I noticed some of her kegs curling under her and bending in weird ways when she wasn't doing that earlier. Maybe she's still soft but I'm just checking

I'm sorry guys I am so paranoid this must be annoying
I Just checked on her and she's slowly crawling away

 

[WolfieKate]

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This is her hours after a molt, she molted this morning and it's currently 12am. She was laying flat earlier and I noticed some of her kegs curling under her and bending in weird ways when she wasn't doing that earlier. Maybe she's still soft but I'm just checking

Stretching, weird flexing, and other odd poses are completely normal and a sign all is well.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Looks normal to me!

 

[Tarantula Trooper]

Sometimes after a molt the legs can get a little wonkie looking and their just chillin actually. My Genic just maled out and his leg on one side looked bent underneath at an odd angle but all was well. Sometimes they can be in weird positions etc. after molting.

 

[x_raphael_xx]

She'll take a few hours to properly harden, so she's just moving around to get things working right.

I love when T's lie really flat on the soil with legs straight out. Look like they are properly relaxed and dozing

 

[Tarantula Trooper]

She'll take a few hours to properly harden, so she's just moving around to get things working right.

I love when T's lie really flat on the soil with legs straight out. Look like they are properly relaxed and dozing

Lol, when they get completely flat they look awesome .

 

[Clownc0ffin]

Sometimes after a molt the legs can get a little wonkie looking and their just chillin actually. My Genic just maled out and his leg on one side looked bent underneath at an odd angle but all was well. Sometimes they can be in weird positions etc. after molting.

She's all good and scouring the enclosure, it was the 3 legs under her abdomen that kind of threw me off. I swear the low maintenance pets scare me the most

 

[Clownc0ffin]

She'll take a few hours to properly harden, so she's just moving around to get things working right.

I love when T's lie really flat on the soil with legs straight out. Look like they are properly relaxed and dozing

She's been doing this every 5 minutes snd it's so cute. She probably wishes I'd go away and stop taking pics

 

[Tarantula Trooper]

She's all good and scouring the enclosure, it was the 3 legs under her abdomen that kind of threw me off. I swear the low maintenance pets scare me the most

Glad all is well. After my M. Balfori had a bad molt I always get antsy still when I know one is starting to molt and after as well.

 

[Clownc0ffin]

Glad all is well. After my M. Balfori had a bad molt I always get antsy still when I know one is starting to molt and after as well.

Thank you so much, I'm so sorry about that! It definitely makes molting anxiety way worse and knowing you can't do much but just let them handle it

 

[WolfieKate]

Thank you so much, I'm so sorry about that! It definitely makes molting anxiety way worse and knowing you can't do much but just let them handle it

I’m the same. I’ve had two go tonight. My Grammastola Iheringi is currently that tangled spider moult mass of legs but i can see both fangs. She was a rescue so I know nothing about her so I will be super relieved. And my Boehmei has just flipped over. Enough!

 

[Clownc0ffin]

I’m the same. I’ve had two go tonight. My Grammastola Iheringi is currently that tangled spider moult mass of legs but i can see both fangs. She was a rescue so I know nothing about her so I will be super relieved. And my Boehmei has just flipped over. Enough!

I'm so sorry I hope they're all okay! Is it really common for Ts to have molt complications? This is making me nervous

 

[WolfieKate]

I'm so sorry I hope they're all okay! Is it really common for Ts to have molt complications? This is making me nervous

Not at all. I think it’s just natural to worry. Remember if you see an issue online 1000s of successful molts have taken place which no one mentions. So its easy just to see the issues online. I have lots of successful moults in a tub! My Iheringi has just righted herself and is fine. Gorgeous girl.

 

[Stan Schultz]

... This is her hours after a molt, she molted this morning and it's currently 12am. She was laying flat earlier and I noticed some of her kegs curling under her and bending in weird ways when she wasn't doing that earlier. Maybe she's still soft but I'm just checking

Have you ever been to a gymnasium where serious amateur and semiprofessional athletes train? Before they start to do any serious training they go through all sorts stretches, gyrations and contortions before putting their bodies through tough, potentially dangerous training exercises.

THIS IS NOT WHAT YOUR TARANTULA IS DOING! I just mentioned it as a sort of "compare and contrast" lesson. The athlete is stretching ligaments, muscles and tendons so that later, during actual training those tissues will be much more elastic and a lot less likely to be torn or otherwise damaged during extreme exercise.

However, your tarantula seldom, if ever, does extreme calisthenics (for instance). In fact, about the only time you'll catch your little eight legged buddy doing weird things is right after it molts. You see, it just grew a completely new set of body armor INSIDE the previous one. Therefore the new exoskeleton had to be either smaller or somehow "scrunched-up" in order to fit inside the older exoskeleton. Not only that, whenever a tarantula molts it grows, it doesn't shrink. For tiny, young spiders, this growth rate can be perceptibly large. But, as the tarantula grows and ages, its growth rate slows so that a 40 year old Brachypelma emelia (Mexican redleg), as an example, will only grow almost imperceptibly with each molt. But, it's still growing!

So, while the athlete stretches and gyrates to prevent strained, popped, torn, and otherwise damaged tendons, ligaments, muscles, and joints from extreme exercise, your little eight legged buddy is doing its best to stretch and properly form its new exoskeleton in preparation for the coming battles with prospective meals. This makes one wonder if the human race really has its priorities properly arranged in the first place, no?