Green Bottle Blue Premolt.

[GootySapphire]

Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens, just curious if anyone knows if these buggers tend to have a longer premolt period. Seems like mine has been in premolt for almost 3 weeks if not more now. :/

 

[reverendsterlin]

couldn't say, I saw mine so seldom. She would make an appearance and just be noticeably larger, from the time I got her to the time I sold her I only saw her maybe 4 times (well more that legs at the mouth of the burrow).
Rev

 

[Anastasia]

depend on size and age

 

[GootySapphire]

depend on size and age

Age is unknown, its about 2".

 

[Mushroom Spore]

Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens, just curious if anyone knows if these buggers tend to have a longer premolt period. Seems like mine has been in premolt for almost 3 weeks if not more now. :/

That's...not very long. :?

 

[Anastasia]

well if it refuse food and look fat and like premolt leave it alone
it will molt when u not looking or least expecting
try to less move or open or disturb it, they need to be content to molt successfully

 

[GootySapphire]

well if it refuse food and look fat and like premolt leave it alone
it will molt when u not looking or least expecting
try to less move or open or disturb it, they need to be content to molt successfully

I leave it alone just occasionally spray a tid bit of water on one side of the webbing to give it something to drink. Its butt is huge and the bald spot is very black indicating premolt. I haven't fed it last couple weeks because I don't any complications with its molting process due to excessive feeding.

 

[Anastasia]

I leave it alone just occasionally spray a tid bit of water on one side of the webbing to give it something to drink. Its butt is huge and the bald spot is very black indicating premolt. I haven't fed it last couple weeks because I don't any complications with its molting process due to excessive feeding.

well, if bald spot is black it should molt in next day or so
stop spay water, it really dont need at this point
let us know when it finely do molt
good luck

 

[hairmetalspider]

Three weeks isn't an uncommon time period for a premolt.
Some last months.

 

[GootySapphire]

Yeah I have been out of the tarantula hobby for a while most my slings I used to have I remember molting pretty quickly. But then again I had alot that were fast molters.