Chaco Sling Advice

[airhead]

Hi i have a chaco golden knee sling. its about 0.6 inches. i got it about 2 weeks ago. it ate just twice since then and has not eaten for 5 days now. im not sure if its in premolt. but i noticed its legs is having a dull color now. its abdomen is now black but arent all chaco slings black at the abdomen?
Need advice please. thanks :worship:

 

[OphidianDelight]

My chaco was mostly tan all over as a spiderling and developed a black spot when getting ready to molt. What I do with my spiderlings when they behave like this is offer the prey item but remove it if they don't accept to remove any risk of the item attacking the T.

 

[airhead]

Yeah thats what i did too. arent chacos normally black at the abdomen part? how long should i wait for it to molt?

 

[RyTheTGuy]

I have two G. pulchripes slings about the same size. I have noticed a very obvious color change, days before the molt. They have molted twice in my care, and coming up on their third. both times I have noticed the dramatic color change. Have you seen that color change?

arent chacos normally black at the abdomen part?

Mine are like a dark brown, normally.

 

[airhead]

im not sure about the color change actually. But its not dark brown when i got it. I think the abdomen got darker now. do you have any pics of them so i can compare?
ando also, are chacos really slow growers?

 

[Musicwolf]

im not sure about the color change actually. But its not dark brown when i got it. I think the abdomen got darker now. do you have any pics of them so i can compare?
ando also, are chacos really slow growers?

I wouldn't say that they are particularly slow growers, but not fast either - - fairly standard from what I've seen. I would guess that yours is indeed getting ready for a molt.

 

[airhead]

cool. so how much longer do i have to wait for it to molt? will it take a long time?

 

[gmrpnk21]

At that size I would think it will be molting within a week. It's abdomen will get black and shiny then molt.

 

[Musicwolf]

cool. so how much longer do i have to wait for it to molt? will it take a long time?

At that size, it probably won't take long at all - - maybe another couple days.

 

[airhead]

cool. im gonna try posting pictures tomorrow so everyone can see. thanks

 

[Obijuan56]

sounds like mine before it molted, except mine ate the day before it molted and decided to molt on its side. Went to class, came back and it had finished. But there was a very noticeable color changing, as it got darker just before molting, sorry I don't have any pictures of it.

 

[RyTheTGuy]

Unfortunately I had to reformat my PC and I lost ALL my T photos. Therefore I currently have no pictures of my chacos in premolt. If I would have to guess I would say within a week it should molt.

This is the only picture I have found of my chaco, and it was taken 13-16 days (depending on which chaco it is) before molting....Not sure if it helps.

 

[gromgrom]

mine used to be that big

now theyre closer to an inch, getting their golden knees now!

 

[RyTheTGuy]

Well that was a molt ago, mine are also closer to and inch, and starting to get knees too. Their next molt should be in the next week or two.

 

[jukahman]

based on your description, i would say your T is on premolt. I wouldnt worry if it doesnt eat. just be patient and make sure it wont dehydrate. :razz:

 

[MD92]

Sounds like premolt, but something I do for all the slings I have under an inch are prekill and adult crick...Leave the carcass in there for two days at most and then remove. My slings gorge themselves and it's a lot less stressful to worry if the cricket is going wild on the T trying to molt.

 

[airhead]

Unfortunately I had to reformat my PC and I lost ALL my T photos. Therefore I currently have no pictures of my chacos in premolt. If I would have to guess I would say within a week it should molt.

This is the only picture I have found of my chaco, and it was taken 13-16 days (depending on which chaco it is) before molting....Not sure if it helps.

cool pic. i think mine looks like that but im not sure. the abdomen of my chaco is darken than that though. my chaco just stays at the side of the container and just sits there for the longest time. im waiting for it to molt but its my first T i dont really know when. does the molting happen during night time?

---------- Post added at 03:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:37 PM ----------

and thanks to everyone. whew. your feedbacks helped a lot. if anyone there could give me more tips on raising this it would really be appreciated. thankssss.

---------- Post added at 04:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:39 PM ----------

Sounds like premolt, but something I do for all the slings I have under an inch are prekill and adult crick...Leave the carcass in there for two days at most and then remove. My slings gorge themselves and it's a lot less stressful to worry if the cricket is going wild on the T trying to molt.

yeah this is what i did. but still wouldnt eat it. i wouldnt leave the carcass in there for more than an hour though. I tried it once and after 3 hours lots and lots of ants where in the container in the carcass. Good thing nothing happened to my chaco.

 

[Bumblingbear]

I have a hard time telling by color. The way I tell if my spiders are in premolt is if they start refusing food.

If I had a G. Rosea again, that wouldn't mean much. But with my Avics, Pokies, and Babboons (of various genus), not eating usually means premolt... and angsty behavior.

My M. balfouri has started getting mad at the air.

 

[airhead]

like the rosea, the chaco is in the Grammostola genus. are they not big eaters?

 

[Bumblingbear]

like the rosea, the chaco is in the Grammostola genus. are they not big eaters?

Mine is - but it's a juvie. I have no idea how the slings behave.

My chaco is my most eager eater, though. I swear it's always hungry - and relatively calm.