Do all brachy species molt so slow?

[TheraMygale]

Yeah that makes sense. I’ll try it out I was thinking if making some changes to his enclosure anyway. It’s time to change his substrate too i was going to wait until he molted which I still might do but I have a feeling it will be awhile before he does

there is no reason to change substrate, unless its mold/fungi frenzy..

 

[jsteelo]

there is no reason to change substrate, unless its mold/fungi frenzy..

It’s recommended to change every 6 months to a year the substrate I have is anyway. It gets very dry over time even if you water it

 

[Muffinforall]

It’s recommended to change every 6 months to a year the substrate I have is anyway. It gets very dry over time even if you water it

What's the substrate and who recommended that?

 

[TheraMygale]

It’s recommended to change every 6 months to a year the substrate I have is anyway. It gets very dry over time even if you water it

interesting.

curious.

i don’t know how thats supposed to work. With dry sub anyways. If its ideal to prepare enclosure in advance, to allow sub to dry, then that means a person would always have moist sub for dry sub Species…

well, i guess it is what is. I would never do that in my situation. Unless for the reasons i said before. Slings and juvies get changed around with rehousings. Mature adults can stay unchanged for years.

 

[Ratmosphere]

It’s recommended to change every 6 months to a year the substrate I have is anyway. It gets very dry over time even if you water it

Who's telling you that?

 

[Scoot]

It’s recommended to change every 6 months to a year the substrate I have is anyway. It gets very dry over time even if you water it

That sounds like a marketing gimmick from the substrate supplier, rather than a commonsense approach to husbandry.

If the sub is free of significant mould or unwanted pests, why change it?

And why will it get dry over time if you continue to apply water to it? That seems counterintuitive.

Regarding Brachypelma albiceps - yes, slow. Mine has always taken her sweet time and has fasted for several months in the past.

Edited to add - this is not a personal slight on your keeping, more genuine interest about where you got those ideas from.

 

[Gevo]

While I don’t want to add to the “tarantula stress” hysteria that sees people overemphasize the impact of stress on tarantulas, I would still refrain from unnecessary rehousing. My understanding is that most terrestrial species live in the same burrow and area for years and years, if not their whole lives, moving if needed because the old one got destroyed or conditions changed but otherwise preferring to mostly stay in place. And you definitely don’t want a situation that forces you to rehouse on a schedule because it’s not great to rehouse them when they’re just about to molt or something.