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viper69

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So it would be fine to open the cage now and give her fresh water even though she just molted? It won't have any negative impact?
This will be a judgement call. I don't disturb them until they start stretching their legs out, when they are hardening up. Some Ts are a bit oblivious to minor disturbances around them at this point, some are not.

I would use a syringe and add water to the bowl that way if empty. If you can't apply water from a distance, you are going to fill it sooner or later.
 

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If she is in a Kritter Keeper, which it looks like, just pour water through the lid into her bowl. A little overflow won't harm her.

You can retrieve the molt in a day or two. You'll want to wait a week or two before attempting to feed (to give the exo and fangs time to fully harden). Don't be alarmed if she doesn't eat when you offer food... just because they are fully recovered from a molt and *can* eat doesn't mean they are hungry yet!
 

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You'll know when the fangs are ready when they are black. Color goes from white>red>black. Feed on black only otherwise you may end up with a dead T.
 

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You'll know when the fangs are ready when they are black. Color goes from white>red>black. Feed on black only otherwise you may end up with a dead T.
To extrapolate, and forgive me if this was mentioned earlier because I didn't read through all the responses, feeding a T with fangs that haven't hardened can result in the T bending or otherwise damaging their fangs. Without fangs they have a very hard time subduing prey and feeding themselves because they use their fangs to envenomate, mangle, and pull the food up to their mouth which is located between their chelicerae. White fangs are super freshly molted and are like rubber. Red fangs are still malleable but on their way to being hardened. Black fangs are totally hardened and ready to murder and devour with.
 

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Wow, you hit the lucky jackpot with this situation. To drop a tarantula is bad enough, but to drop them that close to a moult and they're still alive is nothing short of a miracle. I'm glad to hear that she is doing well and in a home that is going to give her the respect she deserves.
Please wait a minimum of ten days to feed her at that size. Or until you see her fangs have gone from white, to red, to burgundy, back to black.
 

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Thank you guys so much for the help! She seems to be doing fine now, she's walking around a bit, and her colors are really vibrant and beautiful now. I'll wait the minimum of ten days to feed her and I'll research more about when to feed her, there's probably already a thread for that.
 

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Thank you guys so much for the help! She seems to be doing fine now, she's walking around a bit, and her colors are really vibrant and beautiful now. I'll wait the minimum of ten days to feed her and I'll research more about when to feed her, there's probably already a thread for that.
You can feed her more, or more frequently, for the first few feedings after a moult, but adults are fed infrequently. With a few exceptions, I feed my adults one appropriately sized prey item once a week. Some I will feed the same once every two weeks. Adults really don't need to be fed that often.
 

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She's a beauty! glad all is well so far.

Remember they aren't made of spun glass, and have walked with the dinosaurs. They are tough creatures, but do need certain considerations in their care.
 

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Wow, you hit the lucky jackpot with this situation. To drop a tarantula is bad enough, but to drop them that close to a moult and they're still alive is nothing short of a miracle. I'm glad to hear that she is doing well and in a home that is going to give her the respect she deserves.
Please wait a minimum of ten days to feed her at that size. Or until you see her fangs have gone from white, to red, to burgundy, back to black.
Wow op got so lucky It’s rare for a terrestrial to survive a fall like this and molt. Most rupture internally or bleed out.!!!
Congrats
I wanted a A seemani once but it was killed by the concrete floor in the petstore they tried to have me to hold it and it bolted. Way before I knew anything about This site .
Wish I had just bought it it might still be alive R.I.P. petstore are death pits for petsZ:dead:!
 
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She's an adult I believe, I don't know her leg span but this picture is a good size comparison (this was before the molt). View attachment 286736

I'm worried if I open the cage to give her new water I'll disturb her. It looks like she's fully out of her old exoskeleton, and she's flipped right-side-up again, but she's curled into a tight ball.
Is that A seemani? These are more likely to bolt , fast for the genus .

I guess whoever is disliked my thread
I don’t like seeing Ts get hurt but petstores are ignorant and no T should be handled over a concrete floor!!
I don’t handle mine at all, after that experience.
 

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I would just add to the above comments not to be modifying the habitat for a while as they are much more vulnerable while their exoskeleton hardens I think she/he may need to be moved to something larger judging from the posted images and it does sound like you may need more substrate for burrowing.
 

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Is that A seemani? These are more likely to bolt , fast for the genus .

I guess whoever is disliked my thread
I don’t like seeing Ts get hurt but petstores are ignorant and no T should be handled over a concrete floor!!
I don’t handle mine at all, after that experience.
I disliked your other post because you were absolutely horrible saying:
'Shes probably dying or dead'
for no reason at all.

And yes, we already established it was an A.seemanni. Like, at the sixth response on the OP. It doesn't hurt to actually read the whole thread before responding. o_O
 

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True...but not that quickly...this t was just ready to molt.


No need for a humidifier or concern about humidity...as said, its irrelevant....its literally as easy as keeping the sub damp...when it dries, just add water.
That you never get tired and cranky about saying this impresses me. Good advice well delivered, as always.
 

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I disliked your other post because you were absolutely horrible saying:
'Shes probably dying or dead'
for no reason at all.

And yes, we already established it was an A.seemanni. Like, at the sixth response on the OP. It doesn't hurt to actually read the whole thread before responding. o_O
Guess I underestimated how tough Ts can be. And misread some stuff ?
At least the spider survived that’s good!!!!
 
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