Anyone Know Why My Grammostola Pulchra Is Losing Hair? (NOT from kicking...)

[Viking Warrior]

 

[MikeofBorg]

They like to lay hairs down around their hide. My A. chalcodes and A. seemanni do that a lot and end up with exactly the same type of balding. I've watched them walk around laying hairs down around the entrance to their burrows.

 

[LV-426]

Probably will molt in a few months.

 

[Viking Warrior]

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She just molted not that long ago, maybe two or three months,

They like to lay hairs down around their hide. My A. chalcodes and A. seemanni do that a lot and end up with exactly the same type of balding. I've watched them walk around laying hairs down around the entrance to their burrows.

Ok, that's good to know. I was a little worried because I've never ever seen her kick hair, not even once, even when I'm disturbing her a bit when I change water dishes etc. She's always super curious, and never defensive. Thanks for the reply.

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She just molted not that long ago, maybe two or three months,

Probably will molt in a few months.

I wondered about that myself, but she had just molted about two months ago. I didn't think she'd be ready to molt again so soon. She does have a big abdomen though, and I do feed her two to three crickets once a week, if she's up for it. Thanks for the reply.

 

[Olan]

My pulchra also likes to kick off some hairs when I’m not looking

 

[Rigor Mortis]

My G. rosea looks pretty much like this. I'd say it's not due for a molt anytime soon, I mean this is a Grammostola we're talking here. Just kicking hairs but not in the way we usually think of "I'm bothered by you," kicking hairs.

 

[Moakmeister]

Uh, actually, that IS from kicking

 

[viper69]

because I've never ever seen her kick hair, not even once

Are you saying you constantly record your T 24/7, and watch the entire video all the time? Because if that's not true, then you cannot possibly say 'not' from kicking etc etc...That's like saying you never see a T drink.

 

[Frodo240203]

Those hairs were obviously kicked off...

 

[The Grym Reaper]

That has been kicking, they don't always do it when you're watching.

I've never personally seen my P. antinous, M. mesomelas, or C. cyaneopubescens kick hairs but they all have bald patches.

 

[Andrea82]

Probably will molt in a few months.

Only after that patch of skin darkens and shines can you post about being close to a molt . Bald patches do not equate to premolt.

 

[Vanisher]

Yes, a adult spider may kick hair and get a bald patch a month after a moult and moult the next time five years later!

 

[Teal]

I have never seen my A. chalcodes kick hairs and his abdomen is balder than... someone who is really bald.

As was mentioned before, they lay down hairs around their burrow/hide, etc.

 

[EtienneN]

Sometimes they'll deliberately lay down hairs, by dislodging them gently enough that there isn't a giant cloud of setae in the air. They do this to line the silk around their hide to protect it from "predators". But in the end, they're still using their feet to remove the "hair" from their abdomens, so it's still a form of kicking.

 

[Viking Warrior]

My pulchra also likes to kick off some hairs when I’m not looking
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I guess that's what she's doing, but it's so weird that I've never seen her kicks hairs, not ever, not even once. And she sits on my desk in plain view of me, and I work from home, so I see every time she even moves an inch lol. Never seen her kick a single hair, not even when I prod her out of the way to switch water dishes etc. She must be kicking hairs for no reason while I'm sleeping lol.

 

[Moakmeister]

I guess that's what she's doing, but it's so weird that I've never seen her kicks hairs, not ever, not even once. And she sits on my desk in plain view of me, and I work from home, so I see every time she even moves an inch lol. Never seen her kick a single hair, not even when I prod her out of the way to switch water dishes etc. She must be kicking hairs for no reason while I'm sleeping lol.

An interesting theory. It’s almost like that’s exactly what’s happening.

 

[Viking Warrior]

My G. rosea looks pretty much like this. I'd say it's not due for a molt anytime soon, I mean this is a Grammostola we're talking here. Just kicking hairs but not in the way we usually think of "I'm bothered by you," kicking hairs.

Okay, yeah, she must be kicking hairs while I'm asleep lol, because I've never seen her kick a single hair, not once, not even when I'm prodding her out of the way with a straw so I can switch out her water dish... She's never ever kicked hairs in front of me, not even once, and she sits on my desk in full view of me while I work. I work from home too so I see every time she even moves lol. I thought maybe she got some sort of virus or something. Sounds like everybody's telling me not to worry though. Thanks for the reply!

 

[Viking Warrior]

Thanks for the replies everyone! I was worried that she had caught some sort of virus or something that was causing her to lose her hair, because I have never seen her kick a single hair, not even once. I work from home, and her enclosure is on my desk in full view of me, so I see every time she even moves an inch. She's never even kicked hairs when I gently prod her out of the way so I can switch water dishes, or clean her enclosure etc. I guess she's doing it while I'm sleeping... I didn't know they do it around their burrows as a defense strategy. That's good to know. Thank you all for your help and guidance. Just glad to know she doesn't have some sort of disease or something. It just seemed so weird that she was losing hair so rapidly all of a sudden, just after a molt too... Anyway, thanks for the reassurance that everything is ok!

 

[Viking Warrior]

Uh, actually, that IS from kicking

Apparently so... I thought maybe she was sick or something. She had just molted, and all of a sudden she was losing hair really fast, but I'd never seen her kick a single time... Apparently she's doing it while I'm asleep for other reasons...

 

[Viking Warrior]

An interesting theory. It’s almost like that’s exactly what’s happening.

Apparently so.