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Message: <blockquote data-quote="avnicole101" data-source="post: 189239" data-attributes="member: 36120"><p>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!</p></blockquote><p></p>