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  1. Sterlingspider

    Stuck shed help!!!

    On the plus side the Rosie seemed to come through just fine, and the missing leg is even nearly 100%, I even got to sex it and Lucky is now Lady Luck... but sadly I am pretty sure at this point I have lost Honey Pie the avic as of yesterday. I had hoped the fact that she lasted so many days...
  2. Sterlingspider

    Stuck shed help!!!

    Of course she's picked the *most* awkward unphotographable position ever which allows me zero access to her without forcing her to move, but I think you can get some idea how not right things are from this. She seems to want to climb so I almost want to put her on her corkbark so she can chill...
  3. Sterlingspider

    Stuck shed help!!!

    And of course I have a g rosea shedding RIGHT NOW who I've had for all of two days. No pressure, right? S/he is missing a limb (that's why I got it in the first place, shop didn't think it would sell) and it picked the inside of a wee small hide to shed *smh* No progress since 5pm and now that...
  4. Sterlingspider

    Stuck shed help!!!

    Definitely not a MM and you're right about the twisted legs. She (presumably since she's a little over 5yo at this point) is really jacked up. Not sure how long she was hanging but she unquestionably started hardening and her legs are definitely not positioned or moving correctly. She's still...
  5. Sterlingspider

    Stuck shed help!!!

    Dead tarantulas don't wig out when you give them water so I guess that answers that. Not out of the woods yet, but that is MASSIVELY encouraging.
  6. Sterlingspider

    Stuck shed help!!!

    Abdomen seems to be maintaining shape and exo is darkening from that shedding grey blue as expected, so I flipped her over onto a fresh dry paper towel at the bottom of her cage and wetted her mouthparts. She didn't deathcurl at all so I am hopeful it's just exhaustion. I've pulled MMs back...
  7. Sterlingspider

    Stuck shed help!!!

    I've seen some slight movement which I don't *think* is just fluid mechanics so I'm not writing her off yet. If there are any different concrete recommendations for care you could offer that would be pretty helpful.
  8. Sterlingspider

    Stuck shed help!!!

    So what is your recommendation? Dry enclosure on the back with wetted mouthparts? Some other setup?
  9. Sterlingspider

    Stuck shed help!!!

    I had to move her to ICU to get the shed off either way. I wasnt taking the chance that it had dried to her and removing the skin would cause a fresh rupture. Thankfully all legs were out completely. This particular T seems to get dehydrated pretty often and based on the skinniness of the legs...
  10. Sterlingspider

    Stuck shed help!!!

    Just found my a metallica stuck mid shed between a feature and a wall. Not even sure it's alive but I got it out and got the shed off. It's in icu so I can't tell if moisture is from a rupture or from water but it seems very deflated so I suspect a rupture I'm just not seeing. Worried I didn't...
  11. Sterlingspider

    Comment by 'Sterlingspider' in media 'Hmmm...'

    Can you get a better shot which shows the leg sections right before the toes? For guatamala you're looking for a really obvious diagonal "zig" in the lines running down that section. For seemani it should run straight in parallel with the line of the leg. That's all I've got, hope it helps!
  12. Sterlingspider

    A seemani ventral sex please!

    I thought mine was A seemani too originally, but if you look about a third of the way through this thread that gets corrected. The general consensus seems to be that it's an A. sp. Guatemala. The only obvious identifying characteristic that I've found is that Guatemala has a diagonal line (vs a...
  13. Sterlingspider

    Sex my Aphonopelma sp please!

    That is my guess as well given the ventral differences. Sadly I suspect this one is too close in size to the confirmed female to make them a good match at the size they are (she's about 3.5 inches, "he" is probably closer to 3). I resurrected the two threads because I thought it worth having...
  14. Sterlingspider

    A seemani ventral sex please!

    Yes I know this is thread necromancy, but given the hot debate at the time of original posting I figured it would be relevant to post my most recent pic of this tarantula... I think the image speaks for itself :D (pic also posted in the thread for the other tarantula of the two that...
  15. Sterlingspider

    Sex my Aphonopelma sp please!

    Given the hot debate at the time of original posting I figured it would be relevant to post my most recent pic of Geist, the first purchased A sp. Guatemala of the two that came up in this thread... I think the image speaks for itself :D Edit: Just to be clear! I had my threads mixed up when I...
  16. A Sp Guatamala Spermathecae

    A Sp Guatamala Spermathecae

    Finally got confirmation of the sex of this T: http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=166781 I think she rather clearly speaks for herself :)
  17. Sterlingspider

    peacock spider!

    BUH! I'd never seen the scale pic before, just the closeups. What a ridiculous cutie!
  18. Sterlingspider

    will my band affect my T's?

    Yeah, that's not going to be popular.
  19. Sterlingspider

    Theraphosa blondi, raising slings set up

    I use an oil filled radiator as I need to keep the room above 70° to keep my hedgehogs alive and they don't do well with spot heat, you really need to keep the ambient temp up. It wouldn't work for the kind of directed heat being used for that sling warming setup, but it's great for a whole...
  20. Sterlingspider

    Sex my Aphonopelma sp please!

    aliceinwl, that is totally awesome and exactly the kind of thing I need to see more of. Those are the structural differences I was looking at in the first place and I was starting to wonder if I was going crazy. I've just linked a fresh pic of the linked spider in a well fed state so the...
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