Patobraszki
Arachnopeon
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- Jul 11, 2020
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Hello,
This is my first post here. I've been following Arachnoboards for information on camel spiders for quite some time and now I'd like to give something back. One of our camel spiders has recently molted, so I'd like to share my observations and photos:
1) Unlike with tarantulas, with camel spiders the process is very long and can even take several weeks (three in our case). It begins with the camel spider taking the rather unusual position, as seen in the first photo. The tip here is: be patient and late it take as much time as needed. Nothing is wrong. I've read many reports on camel spiders living for very short periods of time and it makes me wonder how many of these cases were camel spiders thrown away still alive, but still molting... At one point we were sure ours was dead, but we decided to wait.
2) With the process underway, the camel spider ceases all activity and at some point becomes completely unresponsive. It actually appears to be dead. So here's a tip: it's not dead, so if you experience something like this, just keep waiting and don't get rid of the "carcass".
3) After a couple of weeks the rest of the molting process happens rather fast and lasts for about a day. And once it's completed, you can enjoy your "new" camel spider. Ours is still "fresh" and now we are still not certain if the molt went well, because we simply have no experience with them and information is scarce.
So, how about your experiences? Would you like to share some observations?
This is my first post here. I've been following Arachnoboards for information on camel spiders for quite some time and now I'd like to give something back. One of our camel spiders has recently molted, so I'd like to share my observations and photos:
1) Unlike with tarantulas, with camel spiders the process is very long and can even take several weeks (three in our case). It begins with the camel spider taking the rather unusual position, as seen in the first photo. The tip here is: be patient and late it take as much time as needed. Nothing is wrong. I've read many reports on camel spiders living for very short periods of time and it makes me wonder how many of these cases were camel spiders thrown away still alive, but still molting... At one point we were sure ours was dead, but we decided to wait.
2) With the process underway, the camel spider ceases all activity and at some point becomes completely unresponsive. It actually appears to be dead. So here's a tip: it's not dead, so if you experience something like this, just keep waiting and don't get rid of the "carcass".
3) After a couple of weeks the rest of the molting process happens rather fast and lasts for about a day. And once it's completed, you can enjoy your "new" camel spider. Ours is still "fresh" and now we are still not certain if the molt went well, because we simply have no experience with them and information is scarce.
So, how about your experiences? Would you like to share some observations?
