Molting

[Melissa McDonald]

Help! My 25 yr old T molted all but her abdomen & carapace. She spread webs around her & pretty much has the old abdomen off. Don’t know about the carapace, it’s cracked. Do you think she will survive?

 

[FrDoc]

I hope she pulls through, but you must prepare yourself. That is the end for many tarantulas who molt at such an advanced age.

 

[Crone Returns]

Help! My 25 yr old T molted all but her abdomen & carapace. She spread webs around her & pretty much has the old abdomen off. Don’t know about the carapace, it’s cracked. Do you think she will survive?

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[Crone Returns]

I hope she pulls through, but you must prepare yourself. That is the end for many tarantulas who molt at such an advanced age.

Is she moving? Could you send us a picture?

 

[Melissa McDonald]

She hasn’t mounted for years, I was quite surprised. It was way different from her previous molting. Yes I have lots of pics!

Is she moving? Could you send us a picture?
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[viper69]

I had a T with the carapace still attached to its body, no issues, came off next molt.

 

[Smotzer]

do you mean it only had a partial molt?

 

[Chebe6886]

Yeh pictures would be the only real way anyone could give you a realist prognosis

 

[Melissa McDonald]

She hasn’t mounted for years, I was quite surprised. It was way different from her previous molting. Yes I have lots of pics!

She hasn’t mounted for years, I was quite surprised. It was way different from her previous molting. Yes I have lots of pics!

 

[Chebe6886]

Did you try to gently lift it off? Looks like it may come off easily.
Either way it looks like it should be able to eat and what not

 

[Thekla]

When did she moult? I guess it's too late to intervene when she's already climbing around again.

Anyway, this thread is really helpful when a T gets stuck while moulting:

Tarantula Stuck in Its Molt? Look Here for Advice

Tarantulas sometimes get stuck during molting – it happens, nobody really knows why. Accordingly there are a lot of threads that go “Help, my tarantula is stuck, what should I do?” More often than not the advice is to do nothing because ‘the tarantula knows best how to be a tarantula’. I think...

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As long as her fangs, her anus and the spinnerets are free it shouldn't be a problem though.

But I see a problem with her housing. Sorry, but there's way too much height for a heavy-bodied terrestrial T and the substrate looks like gravel to me, not ideal either. Does she have a water dish? Could you post a picture of the entire enclosure?
I know, she probably lived like this for years but I would change her living conditions nonetheless. Ts can survive and live for a long time in inappropriate conditions but they're not thriving.