Aether Bunny
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- Mar 31, 2014
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So my otherwise healthy Grammostola pulchripes has been in premolt lately until finally I saw her on her back this afternoon, after which I refilled her water dish and left to give her some privacy. Upon returning about 1.5-2 hours later I witnessed a gruesome scene: what appeared to be a spindly lifeless looking red bloody "wire frame" of a pulchripes lying inside the hide, blood and chunks of exosceleton all over the place and a half-shelled, suprisingly healthy looking pulpichres standing out in the open.
She is about 3.5" from front right to rear left, and I estimate she is about 3-4 years old.
First Question: IS this just a particularly messy molt and is there a chance she'll
be alright?
Second Question, if the answer to one is "NO".
What can I do for her? Should I prepare a damp ICU? Should I wait and see what happens?
This is my first t related medic emergency so I'm not happy over here.
She doesn't appear to need any old sub to be surgically removed btw. Of course I'll post man pics when my friend w a good camera gets here, any good advice would be greatly appreciated.
She is about 3.5" from front right to rear left, and I estimate she is about 3-4 years old.
First Question: IS this just a particularly messy molt and is there a chance she'll
be alright?
Second Question, if the answer to one is "NO".
What can I do for her? Should I prepare a damp ICU? Should I wait and see what happens?
This is my first t related medic emergency so I'm not happy over here.
She doesn't appear to need any old sub to be surgically removed btw. Of course I'll post man pics when my friend w a good camera gets here, any good advice would be greatly appreciated.