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A bad molt day
Another P. trans molted a few days ago. It's tail got stuck during the molt. Maybe too dry(?). So I picked it up, added a little water to the tail to soften the old exo up a little and very slowly pulled it off. I would stop when I saw the scorp wasn't trying to pull it's tail out on it's own. Then when it started pulling, I'd pull just a little too. I think it had been stuck a while. I thought it was a goner. Legs were all stuck together and where still stuck like that many hours later. I lightly misted and went to bed. I checked the next day and it looked very normal. Here's a before and after pick. The one on the left in the first pic was one instar (pretty sure) behind the one on the right. The one on the left in the second pic is the same one on the left in the first pic after it molted a few days ago. It's tail is a lot thicker. I was real happy to see it alive and well the next day. About time to move these to bigger containers.
Another P. trans molted a few days ago. It's tail got stuck during the molt. Maybe too dry(?). So I picked it up, added a little water to the tail to soften the old exo up a little and very slowly pulled it off. I would stop when I saw the scorp wasn't trying to pull it's tail out on it's own. Then when it started pulling, I'd pull just a little too. I think it had been stuck a while. I thought it was a goner. Legs were all stuck together and where still stuck like that many hours later. I lightly misted and went to bed. I checked the next day and it looked very normal. Here's a before and after pick. The one on the left in the first pic was one instar (pretty sure) behind the one on the right. The one on the left in the second pic is the same one on the left in the first pic after it molted a few days ago. It's tail is a lot thicker. I was real happy to see it alive and well the next day. About time to move these to bigger containers.