your thoughts please

[2bears]

I have a H. Mac that looks like it will molt any day, but been 3 weeks....
It is 1 inch set up in a vial with coco fiber substrate, temps are 75 degrees.
Does this seem like a long time to have gone and not molted by now ?
Thank you for your time and thoughts.
2Bears

 

[Ivymike1973]

Temp seems low to me but I am far from being an expert. What is the humidity level?

 

[rockhopper]

Thats about the same temp I keep all my Ts. Three weeks without a molt doesn't sound like anything abnormal.

 

[natebugman]

My H. mac was the same way. I think I posted something similar, worried about it. It eventually did molt and everything was fine. They just don't do it as fast as we think they should. LOL

 

[grayzone]

ts never molt when you WANT them to lol.. trust me.. ive been playin the waiting game for a looooong time now for a couple im waiting on

 

[Jared781]

just be patient i guess... Id try increasing the humidity if applicable

 

[SamuraiSid]

Temp is fine. Dont change humidity, its not necessary.

It will hapen when it happens. I was waiting just over 5 weeks for my B. vagans sling to molt. On the other hand my GBB molted without giving any noticeable signs of pre-molt and took food two days prior.

 

[2bears]

Thank you for your thoughts and advice.
2Bears

 

[Formerphobe]

You can SEE your H. mac? Wow. I saw mine when it arrived on 10/26/2011 @ 0.5 inch, a couple of other very brief random times, and when I dug it out and rehoused it on 4/2/2012 @ ~2.0 inches. I do find exuvia periodically, initially about every 3 weeks. Now going ~6 weeks between molts. All of them tend to molt on spider time. Watched spiders never molt... LOL