T Molting Support Group for Noobs*

[PamCz]

Right on...I look forward to seeing her!

 

[sym]

I think my G.Pulchra is about to flip over

 

[Fuzzball79]

They're really going one after the other with you, Sym, lol. Meanwhile I'm still waiting for my T. gigas, A. Genic and now also my B. Boehmei to molt.

 

[sym]

G.Pulchra was on its back when I left for work this morning
Getting good at noticing my T's behaviour..

 

[sym]

Successful moult from my G .Pulchra
Will post pics tonight when I get in ...

 

[PamCz]

Successful moult from my G .Pulchra
Will post pics tonight when I get in ...

Looking forward to it!!

 

[sym]

Freshly moulted B.Auratum

 

[sym]

Freshly moulted G.Pulchra

 

[Enn49]

They're both looking good, sym.

 

[PamCz]

Absolutely awesome looking T's, sym!! The pulchra almost looks dark green! Very cool!

And speaking of molts...I just found one in my P. rufilata's enclosure! It was 1.5"...can't wait to see it now! (3 am flashlight raid...here I come!) I was thinking it must've happened last night or this morning, but....the molt looks a little too crispy. Weird thing, too, is I didn't see the molt last night when I went in to feed them at about 11 pm (yes, late night). And my rufilata took the cricket from the tongs. I saw it attack it, and start eating. Now, there's a molt in there this am. Ugh! This sling hiding behavior is making me a little crazy...

So...what I think happened is the molt happened a while (few days to a week) ago, when I noticed it didn't eat the cricket I put in there last week. Then, the T probably moved the molt around, and I just now saw it. So, that's why it would eat last night...I think. lol Unless a Poecilotheria will eat up until the moment it molts (uh, nope)...that must be what happened. I guess.

Speaking of....do any of you have any T's that will keep eating fairly close to the molt? I've heard A. avics will eat up to a few days before they molt, but I don't know for sure -- haven't seen it myself. I have an A. avic with a balding butt and a little darkness setting in. Still eating for now.

 

[Enn49]

Both of my LPs will eat up to their moult.

 

[sym]

My LP has done in the past. It's abdomen has started to go bold again. All my T's fed and watered tonight. Haven't eaten myself yet lol..

 

[PamCz]

Both of my LPs will eat up to their moult.

My LP has done in the past. It's abdomen has started to go bold again. All my T's fed and watered tonight. Haven't eaten myself yet lol..

Good to know. LP's...of course they'll eat all the way up to molt...haha...little piggies!

 

[Fuzzball79]

Yay, my T. Gigas has just carried its exoskeleton out. He/she's so much bigger than when I got him/her. Beautiful colours, although they don't come out on the photos.

I think I might have to rehouse soon

He/she got a fright from his/her own exo and dashed back down the burrow, lol

 

[Enn49]

Congrats on the moult. That really made me chuckle the thought of it running from its own exo

 

[PamCz]

@Fuzzball79 Very tidy, considerate spider you have there! I have several that don't carry out their exuvia. My PZB is the worst. I have to go rip her burrow apart to get to it. Congrats on another successful molt.

 

[Fuzzball79]

Congrats on the moult. That really made me chuckle the thought of it running from its own exo

It was quite funny. It was fine with me standing there taking photos, then suddenly spun around in a circle, dropped the exo and ran. It must have been sitting on the molt for at least 2 days, as it looks like its fangs are turning black already. Unfortunately it was too crunched up to sex it. Next time, eh?

 

[sym]

My little T.Lagunas. Has moulted last night will get a pic when I'm back home from work..

 

[Enn49]

My little T.Lagunas. Has moulted last night will get a pic when I'm back home from work..

Congrats.

My little T. gigas moulted yesterday, pics on Enn's bunch

 

[sym]

Here's my freshly moulted T.Lagunas