Are you a Tarantula hobbyist? If so, we invite you to join our community! Once you join you'll be able to post messages, upload pictures of your pets and enclosures and chat with other Tarantula enthusiasts. Sign up today!

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ghost" data-source="post: 44643" data-attributes="member: 3461">Hi Thivo,I'm sorry to see your predicament with your sling,As you already know your going to have to take action and try and help the T out of the molt as time is running out here as the T will be starting to harden up.Now there's no right or wrong solution here but your best bet is to get a pair of tweezers and a small wet paint brush to try and get the exo as plyable as you can then with you tweezers gently pull the exo near a leg joint if the sling has any energy left it should be able to then pop the legs it's self if not your probably going to have to amputate the ones you can't get free now when doing this snip the joint closest to the body but on the tarsal side of the joint by doing this the bleeding should stop by its self once the legs are out you should then be able to get the rest of the exo removed without to much trouble just be sure to make sure you get it all away from the book lungs.Best of luck and I hope all goes well I will keep my fingers crossed for you....</blockquote>