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So I've posted something yesterday on a thread and I haven't been yelled at, so I thought I might try asking something:
I've a Brachypelma verdezi, a 2.5 inch juvenile that I bought 2 years ago and that T hasn't molted for me ever. Now I know that Brachypelma adults may skip a year or even two before molting again, but this thing is still a pretty small juvi, so why won't it molt??
I have about a dozen more Brachypelmas of different species, some of them on the same shelf, some smaller, some adult and every other Brachypelma has molted at least once, even the adults, and some juveniles have even molted three or four times during the last two years. This one doesn't.
I keep Brachys in general dry with a big water bowl, but I've started to keep this one a little more moist (one moist corner), because it likes to sit there. Although for the last 18 months or so I've only been feeding it one small cricket every two months it looks like a balloon on legs - and it's still eating.
Now what do I do?
I've a Brachypelma verdezi, a 2.5 inch juvenile that I bought 2 years ago and that T hasn't molted for me ever. Now I know that Brachypelma adults may skip a year or even two before molting again, but this thing is still a pretty small juvi, so why won't it molt??
I have about a dozen more Brachypelmas of different species, some of them on the same shelf, some smaller, some adult and every other Brachypelma has molted at least once, even the adults, and some juveniles have even molted three or four times during the last two years. This one doesn't.
I keep Brachys in general dry with a big water bowl, but I've started to keep this one a little more moist (one moist corner), because it likes to sit there. Although for the last 18 months or so I've only been feeding it one small cricket every two months it looks like a balloon on legs - and it's still eating.
Now what do I do?