Broken fang during moult.

[Spidershe]

how long has it been since it molted, generally eating directly after a molt is of no immediate concern. Also Im not sure if it was already brought up, but did you check to make sure the sucking stomach also molted properly?

Idk how to do that? Everything looked ok except for her one broken fang. Moult was 6/17.

 

[Spidershe]

My B. hamorii broke most of both of her fangs off in February 2023 during a molt. I was super worried that I was going to lose her, but she managed really well with pre-killed crickets. She just molted a few weeks ago and has grown both fangs back! I also noticed that it took weeks after she had her bad molt to be interested in eating, she was especially shy with any live prey(I offered this before I really knew what happened to her fangs). After I realized she broke her fangs I would leave pre-killed crickets by her burrow opening and she would eat them. I hope this information helps you somehow! View attachment 448709 View attachment 448711

It does (make me feel better). She usually eats within a few days after the moult. She doesn't even come from her hide. I've introduced both live and pre-killed. I know they're resilient. Just worried.

 

[IntermittentSygnal]

Don’t try to feed until the fangs, or in this case “fang” is completely, 100% black. Eating while they are soft can damage them.

Checking for the sucking stomach on your molts

I noticed we don’t have a thread on this topic, so if anyone has further experiences with this and whether or not their specimen survived the ordeal please share in this thread. Hopefully we can compile some useful data for the future. Although this has not happened to me yet, thankfully, many...

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[Spidershe]

Mine wouldn't leave the water dish. I had to keep filling it with the spider over it. I also keep the surrounding substrate moist. It's hard to really know.

That's what she's doing now. Sitting inside the dish. I tried to feed again, she grabbed it. Then looked at it n sat back in the water dish.

 

[Spidershe]

 

[Spidershe]

She's doing a lot better now, a lot better than I thought she would be doing. She broke actually both of her fangs but she's able to hold a cricket to her mouth parts. I guess and maybe suck out enough fluids. I kind of let a lot of juice be out but they're still moving and she's doing okay so far.