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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thivo" data-source="post: 44695" data-attributes="member: 3730">I really feel sad and so depress after what happened to my T.Chevron...Yesterday, I am so nervous while doing the process of removing it’s old exoskeleton that stocked on his legs, I bought scalpel that I think will help... I just moisten it’s tissue paper where the T’s lying in and I use few cotton buds, dampen unto a warm water that serve as my tweezers... It’s exoskeleton was dried already and my T’s new body also hardened… I drop water on the exoskeleton to soften it and keep it for a minute or more… Observing if it really helps my T to get out, but it looks like dreadful, the exoskeleton is really dry... So I leave it for a while and give more time for I thought that the exoskeleton will absorbed some water and make it soft... When I check it after 30 minutes, it was so sad that there is no progress and still my T is stacked… So I then made a decision to pull the exoskeleton out on its body/legs... I carefully and slowly use the scalpel to tear down the exoskeleton, but while removing it my T was moving seems like it hurts... I stop and think what other option I can do... I pick one leg from old exoskeleton and slowly pulling it, and success! But half of its limb was like a vegetable, not moving just hanging... So I continued and do the same way with its other legs... Unfortunately it was unsuccessful <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> and the rest was detached... Maybe because all remaining legs are just almost half way before it was stocked and it was dried crawled down, one reason of difficulties removing it…<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />Now, after the stressful and bad illness operation... Here is what my T looks like... It seems like a green sea turtle wanting to get into deep sea… [ATTACH=full]9810[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]9811[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]9812[/ATTACH] I checked his/her condition this morning and he/she is really a fighter... Still alive and strong, but for sure stressful and full of pain... I am jsut hoping that he/she will fight till to the next molt and if it happens, I wish that those removed legs will regen... Just keeping the faith...</blockquote>

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