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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheHairyCelt" data-source="post: 231663" data-attributes="member: 47113">So, it finally happened!  Been keeping T's for quite awhile and never had a bad molt.  My T.Vagans which was in pre molt laid a mat outside her hide so I thought she would molt there.  In the end she decided to molt in hide.  She was on her back for 3 days I could just see her in the hide.  Tonight after much hesitation I removed her hide to see whats was up.  It turned out one of her back legs was stuck it had harden in the molt.  At first I tried move her enclosure to the bathroom with the shower on in hopes the extra humidity would help, but no joy.  So tonight I made the decision to distrub her to see if I could help her.  Quite quickly and surpisingly easily the leg and molt came away from her. I added some cornstarch just in case she was bleeding, I was hoping to free the leg but like I said it came away so easily that actually now as I write this I think she was preparing to drop it anyway.  Once free she righted herself and started moving again.  I hope I did the right thing? Anyway its 1.30AM so time to sleep but as it was quite stressful experience I felt I needed to share my experience so here I am.</blockquote>