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got up this morning to find 5 of my tarantulas molted--2 b. albopilosum, 2 l. difficilis, and 1 e. campestratus. unfortunately, i fed my tarantulas last night before i went to bed...
with the curlies, i was fine because i had been expecting molts with these 2 and so i didnt leave any live food in with them.
my PZBs are very small so i've just been crushing small crickets and putting them in the vials, so no danger there.
but one of my fieries was not so lucky. one l.dificilis made it fine and molted successfully--i found a dead but uneaten cricket in with him.
my other, however, was dead when i found him. he must have molted early and quickly in the night because by the time i found him, there was an oozy gash on his carapace and 4 of his legs had been gnawed off.
it was just terrible to come in and find that. i'm seriously about to cry.........
i had not been suspecting a molt from these guys so i didnt know not to leave a cricket in with them. now i'm afraid to feed them... but i cant just not feed my tarantulas live food.
what do i do to prevent this from happening again?
kellygirl
with the curlies, i was fine because i had been expecting molts with these 2 and so i didnt leave any live food in with them.
my PZBs are very small so i've just been crushing small crickets and putting them in the vials, so no danger there.
but one of my fieries was not so lucky. one l.dificilis made it fine and molted successfully--i found a dead but uneaten cricket in with him.
my other, however, was dead when i found him. he must have molted early and quickly in the night because by the time i found him, there was an oozy gash on his carapace and 4 of his legs had been gnawed off.
i had not been suspecting a molt from these guys so i didnt know not to leave a cricket in with them. now i'm afraid to feed them... but i cant just not feed my tarantulas live food.
kellygirl