Need help NOW!!!!! What do I do

[SpiderDad61]

Checked my Ts and see this. My first ever t, g porteri laying on belly, starting to molt. She's barely moving and don't look right. Never had a T molt like this. I don't know how long she's been like this, or if she's ok.

 

[WolfSpider]

Ennie or Mass, what do you think?
I've read, although I have never seen, that T's can molt upright.
My best guess is to keep the water dish filled and leave it alone.

 

[SpiderDad61]

I've seen her molt a dozen times. Never like this. She looks to b struggling. I'd be devastated if she dies, and I hadn't tried rolling her on her back, to give her a better chance, or...something

 

[SpiderDad61]

Well, I couldn't take it. I gently scooped her and rolled her on her back. 10 mins later she was finished molting. I guess she was having trouble on her belly. Once on her back she pushed out in a flash.

 

[WolfSpider]

So much for the typical teaching.....Thanks for sharing @SpiderDad61!! You taught me, and others something. So happy that your T is OK. It's got to be awful painful to watch your baby in stress.

 

[Enn49]

There was me about to tell you to leave her alone and too late you flip her and it paid off. Well done you and well done T

 

[IamKrush]

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[MassExodus]

There was me about to tell you to leave her alone and too late you flip her and it paid off. Well done you and well done T

I would have said the same thing as WolfSpider and Enn. Thanks @SpiderDad61 for sharing. I've always avoided disturbing them in molt, and I've had a few do it on their belly. But you may well have saved her. At the very least it sounds like you made it easier on her.

 

[SpiderDad61]

Thx all. She's doing great!!

 

[Enn49]

Thx all. She's doing great!!

Good to hear she's doing well