B. hamorii (ex smithi) bad molt, help please.

Daesu

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My MF B.hamorri has had a bad molt. I think she has lost a bit of one pedipalp and a couple off her legs are a bit crippled (bent the wrong way) and she doesn't seem to be able to walk properly.
She also appears to be leaking hemolyph from somewhere but I don't know where it's coming from.
I'm not concerned about the crippled legs but the leaking is worrying me.
What should I do if anything?
I just need some reassurance that she will be OK as I am a new keeper and am have no experience with this situation.
 

Trenor

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If the T is free from the molt then there isn't a lot you can really do IMO. Make sure it has easy access to water and give it time.

A photo might help with a bit better advice if you can get one.

Good luck.
 

Daesu

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Yeah, that's what I figured really. Thanks for the input.
Here is a photo, you can see the gimpy legs and her general position but not the leakage - it's behind her on the cork bark.
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Trenor

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The legs are not as much an issue but the leaking is. Is she is leaking from a leg you might be ok. It's hard to know bit IMO there isn't a lot you can do to stop it for a body leak.

Sorry your girl isn't doing well. I hope she makes it.
 

Leila

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Can you take a few more photos of her and post them here so that we can possibly ascertain from where the hemolymph is leaking?
 

boina

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How long ago has the molt been? A larger spider like this will need at few days until she has straightened out her legs and will be able to move properly. If this spider is very recently molted I don't see anything wrong with the legs - just wait it out, they will be ok.

Also, a spider will look moist directly after a molt - are you sure she's really leaking? If so, as others have said there's really not much you can do. Spiders do have a hemolymph clotting system - not as efficient as mammals, but it does work, so there's a good chance she will be ok. Make sure she has easy access to water, though, to replace lost fluids.
 

Daesu

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When my SO left for work this morning she checked on her at around 6am and she hadn't flipped back over again but when i looked at around 11am she was upright.
She has tried to move a little but just seems to stumble and almost fall forward.
Thanks for your encouraging words, i'm probably just over worrying but its my first time experiencing a molt on an adult T.
 

Daesu

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Here are some more photo's.
Again you can't see where/if she is leaking.
The patch of hemolymph on the cork bark is from underneath her before she tried to move to her current location. 69ede69a-7cbc-4893-a2e8-8d006a026b22.jpg faf6d5f3-33d6-4811-8618-29a8c1b377c0.jpg de2c570a-099e-40a4-a8fe-a5fd66009c4c.jpg 6fd3dbe6-3d6a-4a5b-8c84-8395b290df9b.jpg
 

Daesu

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Sorry to keep spamming huge photos!
She moved again and can see the injury now on the bottom of one of her palps.
looks like its drying out/clotting too.
Any idea why its red? looks like a mammal wound. e3546866-e7cf-4cd4-ad57-0e162e4eba62.jpg
 

boina

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Yes, that palp looks strange - and the next two legs look a bit weird in these pictures, too. But again, there's absolutely nothing you can do, just wait it out. Since no more hemolymph seems to be leaking there's a very good chance she'll be ok. At worst I'd think she could lose the pedipalp but she will manage without.
 

Leila

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Thanks for adding more photos. :) Unfortunately, I do not know what might be up with her pedipalp, but I have high hopes for your gorgeous gal
 

spotropaicsav

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Agree with previous postings, in that it seems positive she is no longer ".leaking" from that area. Keep your head up
 
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