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Who's molted today

Enn49

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As I've had a decorator in all my Ts had to be stacked in the kitchen and now having got them back where they beong I've had chance to check on them all and found a few more moults have occurred over the last week.

Cyriopagopus minax, Khorat
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Brachypelma albiceps, Cholula
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Phormictopus auratus, Levisa
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I have just checked on my Mexican Red Knee this morning.
Lifted the piece of cork that covers her burrow to find that there are now two.
I read that you need to give it a week after molting before you offer food in order for the fangs to harden?
 

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Konstantin

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I have just checked on my Mexican Red Knee this morning.
Lifted the piece of cork that covers her burrow to find that there are now two.
I read that you need to give it a week after molting before you offer food in order for the fangs to harden?
Hi
Everything larger than 3 inch DLS needs 2 weeks to harden before accepting food. With larger tarantulas 7+inch often 3+weeks before accepting food.
Make sure there is full water dish available at all times and wait a little longer to offer food.
Regards Konstantin
 

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Hi
Everything larger than 3 inch DLS needs 2 weeks to harden before accepting food. With larger tarantulas 7+inch often 3+weeks before accepting food.
Make sure there is full water dish available at all times and wait a little longer to offer food.
Regards Konstantin
Thanks for your advice, Konstantin. Always appreciated.
 

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It must be summer.

We fed earlier this evening & had 13 that we could not feed due to them molting this past week.

The list is..
Brachypelma auratum
Tlitocatl sp. Oaxaca
Lampropelma nigerrimum
Selenocosmia crassipes
Phormictopus atrichomatus
Tliltocatl kahlenbergi
Tliltocatl sabulosus
rammostola rosea (red colour form.)
Tliltocatl schroederi
Psalmopoeus reduncus
Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica
Monocentropus balfouri
Chilobrachys sp. Electric Blue
 

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I love those things I ordered a sling that’s coming this week. About how often does it molt for you?
Maybe once a year. I brought two & lost one as a tiny sling. This escaped & was spotted in the middle of the kitchen floor. So we are lucky to still have them.
 

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The slings I had moulted twice a year, once in spring and again in the late summer/early autumn.
 
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