@Ungoliant Well, it's odd because the past week she has suddenly started to what I can only call
"Playing with her Prey". She taps it, reverses, taps it, turns her back on it, refuses to eat it so I remove it from her enclosure. I'm new to the hobby and am wondering why she has started this behaviour.
@Ungoliant Nikita last molted on 16th Feb, and was 10.5cm.
Yesterday she completely blocked the entrance to her half log hide, which I thought may suggest pre molt, but don't they say that the abdomen changes colour ? Hers hasn't changed.
@PurplePanther The abdomen mainly changes color with slings. The bigger ones may not look any different before molting, so you have to go by dates and behavior.
@Ungoliant ahah I see, thank you for the advice, I appreciate you taking the time to post that.
Being a newby is a bit like being a parent for the first time.
Nikitas molt before the 16th Feb was 8th Jan...she's growing incredibly fast. Is this growth rate normal ?
Usually she has a never ending appetite [like most A. Genics] but she hasn't eaten since Thursday when she locked herself away. With the last molt she hid away for a while, whereas some A. Genics eat right up to the molt. I was fortunate to actually watch my B. Smithi with her last molt, it was awesome.
@PurplePanther How big is she right now? Genics are pretty fast growers. (My sling molts about once a month.)
Before the first molt, she had a pre-molt fast, but before the second molt, she never refused food. (I knew it was imminent, because her abdomen was dark and shiny, but she did it in secret and buried the exuviae.)
@Ungoliant NIkita just molted on Thurs 27th April. The exuviae measures 11cm, but I don't know what her new size is yet because she has just blocked her hide entrance and webbed it up as well.
She "appears" to be recovering..... but I've never seen her block up her hide After the molt.
So I got her 19/11/16 @ 6cm, and she is now double that size now, 5 months later.
Jasmine my B. Smithi also arrived 19/11/16 @ 6cm and she just molted on Mon 1st May and her exuviae measures 9.5cm.
I was up all night to witness both molts and to make sure all went well.
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