Bad Theraphosa molt :( any advice (pics)

[Fran]

Any updates??

 

[Projecht13]

she showed some interest in juicy crickets but for some reason never ate them... :wall::wall::wall::wall::wall:

 

[forrestpengra]

Save yourself some effort... get a whole bunch of inverts, throw in a blender, mix, then pour contents into ice cube trays and freeze. This will make things more manageable for you, since you have a very long road ahead of yourself. I used to do this for my saltwater tank... Then thaw one cube at a time.

I would use a combination of roaches and worms, roaches alone might have a bit too much exoskeleton. I would use a shallow 3" teracotta planter bottom (water catch).

You will want to switch out the food daily to avoid mold growth.

 

[Wish_mastera]

Hey there, to bad to hear about so many bad blondi's molts...
I have a big female 9". Got this problem several times. First bad molt was before 5 years. My thread here: http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=58710
After that I got this freaking progress:
1st molt after this - regenerated 50% of her fangs;
2nd molt 100% regeneration
3d molt - fangless again!
4th molt - ~50% regeneration
5th molt(before month ago) - fangless

I think specially for my blondi it is genetic. I have explanation for first bad molt (fed lots of lizards), but for the next bad molts its absolutely nothing wrong in her food, air temperature, moisture and so. Will post pictures of her soon and hope both T will make it trough their next hopfully successful molt!

At the end few questions:
Can you somehow check if your Blondi had bad molts before?
You sure her fangs was stucked and thats the reason to be fangless?
I checked after every bad molt of my blondi and the the holes for the chelicers are empty. Nothing there left... So for mine its sure they havent formed well, not stucked...

 

[Projecht13]

You sure her fangs was stucked and thats the reason to be fangless?
I checked after every bad molt of my blondi and the the holes for the chelicers are empty. Nothing there left... So for mine its sure they havent formed well, not stucked...

yea I actually watched them get stuck, stretch out and end up snapping it was a very painful thing to see while not being able to do anything about it.


UPDATE!!

she had her 1st meal last night!! I dropped a prekilled gutloaded female cricket beside her and she pounced on it and after an hour or so she was able to get most of it down! Its a start!

 

[Raven9464]

Wow =( So sorry this happened to your T. I hope she can feed for you and her next molt is sucessful and clears this up. I did not realize this could happen =( Please keep us posted.

 

[Formerphobe]

she had her 1st meal last night!! I dropped a prekilled gutloaded female cricket beside her and she pounced on it and after an hour or so she was able to get most of it down! Its a start!

Oh, good job! I was wondering how she was doing, but was afraid to ask... I wonder if she would drink cricket puree out of a water dish? Thanks for the update, glad she's eating for you.

 

[DreadLobster]

Yeah man this sucks but its definitely possible for your spider to survive this... I'm just one more person who's had this happen, it was with my first LP, a male, probably at about 5 inches. Its amazing how little food they can survive on. But yeah, everyone's pretty much said everything else I would be able to offer as far as advice, just wanted to say it can work out sometimes.

 

[Unravel]

Save yourself some effort... get a whole bunch of inverts, throw in a blender, mix, then pour contents into ice cube trays and freeze. This will make things more manageable for you, since you have a very long road ahead of yourself. I used to do this for my saltwater tank... Then thaw one cube at a time.

I would use a combination of roaches and worms, roaches alone might have a bit too much exoskeleton. I would use a shallow 3" teracotta planter bottom (water catch).

You will want to switch out the food daily to avoid mold growth.

awesome idea and im sure is real helpful but... holy crap thats gotta be a disgusting mess

 

[Armstrong5]

Yea man I'm terribly sorry fot your T but this is what scares me away from this genus...they are Goliath in the Bible they are huge but man are they weak and fragile!

 

[Formerphobe]

holy crap thats gotta be a disgusting mess

Ah, but the blender washes up well with soap and water, and you don't have to tell anybody what it was used for...

 

[moose35]

use freshely molted prey items

i had a spider with broken fangs that i got to molt with them

they are soft and the spider can eat them.



moose

 

[Kraine]

Reading this thread, my face was all 0_0

My first spiderling has yet to molt under my care.. I hope it goes smoothly. I'm glad to hear that your blondi has some appetite despite the fangs. I was holding my breath.

 

[Wish_mastera]

Hello!

I found a way to feed my fangless blondi...
I tie up a superworn with a thread and now it cant escape. She can easy catch it and eat...

 

[Projecht13]

Good update!

UPDATE!!

she successfully ate an entire adult male dubia! I found a freshly molted white dubia finally and she was able to consume it! Man what a relief! Ill get some pics later! she is still looking really strong!

 

[forhorsmn]

Congrats Nice to her she's doing better. Hopefully things will fix themselves with the next molt.

 

[robc]

That is awesome to hear!! It is also nice to see the dedication you have....my hats off to ya!! :clap::clap::clap:

 

[BrynWilliams]

yeah top marks for effort!

very pleasing to hear a success story for a change

 

[mandipants]

Only advice I have, is based on the state of her fangs, you will need to be prekilling her food for her. Sorry, that sucks. I have a P. regalis that lost both pedipalps in one molt, and a back leg on the next one. Bad molts just happen sometimes...good luck.

 

[FrostyCakee]

congratulations good to hear she is eating :clap: