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Thanks, guys. I explored a bit with forceps to see if the carapace was loose, but no luck. I decided to try a little fluid resuscitation. It was either that or euthanasia. When I first checked on her tonight, she had a fair amount of what appeared to be hemolymph puddled in her mouth...

She is STILL ALIVE. I don't even know how. It's so terrible. :cry: I thought for sure I would wake up yesterday morning and she'd be gone, and again this morning. I'm going to give this my best shot and operate. Even if there's only a 2% chance, it's more than she has now. I'll document...

Anybody? This is pretty miserable to watch.

There's still no progress on the molt. I just checked on her. She's still on her back, legs curled, but moving more. Her mouth, front legs, and palps look very wet. I'm not sure what that means. Someone here probably knows, but I doubt it's good.

Ugh... well, she's still alive, but no progress on the molt whatsoever. She only moves her legs slightly when I make some subtle movement to the tank. I'm not sure what to do at this point. I've done surgery to help a T out of half of a leg after a molt hardened before, but I don't even know...

No progress. :( She's still on her back, legs curled, but moving faintly. Her carapace has yet to pop. I took a two hour nap on the couch, but I have to get some sleep. I have another heinous exam tomorrow to study for. I don't know what else to do. On the one hand, you wait and see...

Haha, sadly that's what my last few nights have been like while I studied for a hideous exam. I haven't slept in my bed in 2 nights because it would be too comfortable and I would sleep too long. That's the luxury I'm supposed to be enjoying right now. :exhausted:

Thanks... I hope so too. As much as she's working, it doesn't look like the carapace has popped yet. Watching molts up close is always so nerve-wracking.

HAH! The crazy girl read my mind or something. Not even a moment after I posted that, I heard a little commotion coming from her direction. The tank is a little more than 15 feet from me. I saw her upright and thought maybe she'd quit again. I tiptoed over and found her on her back again...

Finally a development! I was up all night and all day studying for an exam, with the exception of a three hour nap on the couch. She was restless the entire time, stumbling around the tank and seeming very agitated. She didn't rest for longer than 20 minutes at a time. I got home from my...

The plot thickens... She's upright (prize for grayzone!). I walked over to check on her about an hour and a half ago. I'm not sure if she felt the vibration from my footsteps or if I just approached at the right time. Her tank is sitting on a padded dining chair in a quiet corner, so who...

The only anomaly that I can see with the previous molt, and it's a stretch to call it that, is an almost imperceptible bend at the tarsus/metatarsus of her right front leg. It's only slightly noticeable when she walks. She's been active since the molt, but she's taken in no calories. That's...

Here she is... This shot is taken through the side wall of a 10 gal tank. She has a burrowed cave beneath the cork bark that breaks through to this side wall. The rest of the tank is open except for the water dish. If she actually gets into active molting, I may tilt the cork bark out of...

Hi gang... it's been a while! I've had this WC mature female rosea for about 9 years now. Since I've had her, she's molted three times. The last of those was about 6 weeks ago. She hasn't eaten in that length of time, and now she's on her back in her hide. She's still moving and in no...

I received several 3/8" RCF G. rosea slings about 18 months ago. Fed regularly and kept under ideal conditions, the largest are now only 3/4". These things are SLOW growers! Perhaps mine aren't typical, but I would think that a 4 1/2" G. rosea had to be WELL over two years old when you got...

Refer to this thread for an awesome incubator tutorial!! http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=146349

To set it up, you will need an appropriately-sized container, some clean dirt, some kind of water dish, and something for it to hide under. Any other decorations (little statues, fake plants, etc.) are entirely up to you because the spider won't care one way or another. I'm positive that...

Your Ts abdomen is a big bag of goo. They don't dry like small insects. All that goo causes the abdomen to rot (quickly). It smells BAD, gets moldy, and attracts bugs. It isn't pretty.

Get the L. parahybana now, and save the H. lividum for a little later. If you're fairly new to the hobby, you will much prefer the gratification of seeing and interacting with your giant hairy spider. What fun is a blue spider if you have to convince your friends that it's actually in there...

Go with the Salmon Pink (L. parahybana). They grow really quickly, eat like machines, get huge, and are out all the time. Did I mention that they are very inexpensive, and sometimes free?? The Cobalt Blue (H. lividum) is beautiful, but you will literally never see it. It will dig a very deep...