Unsexed Avic Avic Pedipalps Turned Grey After Molt...?

[avnicole101]

So as a new tarantula hobbyist I purchased my first tarantula, an unsexed Avicularia Avicularia, from a retail pet chain about 6 months ago and we've been doing great! Eating, webbing, everything is going smoothly until we had a very long and tiring pre-molt. My avic protested food for a month until it molted and now each of it's legs are AT LEAST 3" long! The molt went great, but its pedipalps turned grey after the molt! Pre-molt they were bright pink with the rest of its feet, but now they're almost a dark smoky grey, what does this mean? Is it a common trait in adult pink toes or have anything to do with the sex of the thing? Also, do males even get that big?? Please let me know, I'm drawing blanks every where I look!

 

[Frogdaddy]

Do the pedipalps have a round, bulbous end like a boxing glove?
If so, congratulations you have a MM.

 

[Oursapoil]

Seconding Frogdaddy here, if it looks like the picture below (boxing gloves pedipalps, long legs with slander body) you have a mature male

 

[octanejunkie]

Agree with @Oursapoil, males are typically lankier

 

[avnicole101]

Do the pedipalps have a round, bulbous end like a boxing glove?
If so, congratulations you have a MM.

Well then it looks like I have a female! because those pedipalps are skinny!

 

[avnicole101]

Seconding Frogdaddy here, if it looks like the picture below (boxing gloves pedipalps, long legs with slander body) you have a mature male
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pretty lanky right now, but it just molted two nights ago... but no boxing gloves so i’ll have to check the molt!

 

[Frogdaddy]

Well then it looks like I have a female! because those pedipalps are skinny!

Mature males lose that pink coloration on their pedipalps when they mature.

 

[Arachnoclown]

Post a photo of the spider and the molt.

 

[Frogdaddy]

This is Sulá, my MM. Hope this helps, though not the best photos.