Fluid filled blister on P. Metallica sling abdomen.

[CutThroat Kid]

~1.5”dls, blister is visible on left side of abdomen from this perspective. Happened about a week ago. Everything seems fine, for now.

It is in one of those tall amac boxes people very often use for slings. 2.5 inches of sub kept slightly damp. Heat source nearby. No trouble there i believe. I think my mistake was how i set up the cork piece. But mostly bad luck.

This must have happened sometime after its last molt but before it hardend up. I checked after its molt and all looked good, then later noticed this. I believe I had not given it ample space to hide after this molt and it somehow internally injured itself trying to squeeze into a tight space. Ive since adjusted the cork piece i suspect played a role in this.

What im wondering, given the size of the blister, the age of the specimen, my lack of exp with this sort of thing, etc.. Can anyone tell me if they have experienced this and if their T molted through it? I’ve heard this sort of injury can hinder a molt and kill your t.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

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~1.5”dls, blister is visible on left side of abdomen from this perspective. Happened about a week ago. Everything seems fine, for now.

It is in one of those tall amac boxes people very often use for slings. 2.5 inches of sub kept slightly damp. Heat source nearby. No trouble there i believe. I think my mistake was how i set up the cork piece. But mostly bad luck.

This must have happened sometime after its last molt but before it hardend up. I checked after its molt and all looked good, then later noticed this. I believe I had not given it ample space to hide after this molt and it somehow internally injured itself trying to squeeze into a tight space. Ive since adjusted the cork piece i suspect played a role in this.

What im wondering, given the size of the blister, the age of the specimen, my lack of exp with this sort of thing, etc.. Can anyone tell me if they have experienced this and if their T molted through it? I’ve heard this sort of injury can hinder a molt and kill your t.

Possibly a cyst , some people had success and some people (me) had failure dealing with these. Not sure if any new information has came out yet for treatment on these .. .. let’s see if anyone else knows ..?

 

[CutThroat Kid]

Possibly a cyst

Don't think so. This popped up in the matter of a day. When the t was still soft post molt, it was clear to me that the blister is filled with fluid, likely lymph.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Don't think so. This popped up in the matter of a day. When the t was still soft post molt, it was clear to me that the blister is filled with fluid, likely lymph.

Good it’s not a cyst then, although I’ve never seen this happen before . Very strange.. 🫠 surely someone knows ! 🦤

 

[viper69]

WOW, that's HUGE. I hope it lives

 

[CutThroat Kid]

WOW, that's HUGE. I hope it lives

Me too man.

It’s doing just fine for the time being. Eating a roach right now. it almost even looks like the blister has gotten a bit smaller.

 

[viper69]

Me too man.

It’s doing just fine for the time being. Eating a roach right now. it almost even looks like the blister has gotten a bit smaller.

Keep me posted. It's the largest "whatever it is" I've seen, esp in relation to the body segment.

 

[CutThroat Kid]

Keep me posted. It's the largest "whatever it is" I've seen, esp in relation to the body segment.

I'm am almost certain that there is an inner tissue layer that ruptured allowing the still soft exoskeleton to herniate with hemolymph and create a blister that looks very much like one a human would get on their hand from friction. The exoskeleton has since hardened up I can tell.

I guess it all depends on how the new chitinous tissues are developed and if the developing tissues can seal off the internal injury AND if it can escape the existing damage in the next molt.

Will keep you posted.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

I'm am almost certain that there is an inner tissue layer that ruptured allowing the still soft exoskeleton to herniate with hemolymph and create a blister that looks very much like one a human would get on their hand from friction. The exoskeleton has since hardened up I can tell.

I guess it all depends on how the new chitinous tissues are developed and if the developing tissues can seal off the internal injury AND if it can escape the existing damage in the next molt.

Will keep you posted.

Yeah keep us updated I’ve never seen anything like this .. seems to be exactly as your described .

 

[CutThroat Kid]

UPDATE: Molted successfully (as far as I can tell without disturbing it), despite that abdomen injury.



@viper69
@Ultum4Spiderz

 

[fq314]

That’s a relief. Glad it molted alright

 

[MariaLewisia]

Can we get an updated pic of the blister (or the spot it was in) once the T has hardened up? I'm very curious to see how it has developed!

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

UPDATE: Molted successfully (as far as I can tell without disturbing it), despite that abdomen injury.

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@viper69
@Ultum4Spiderz

Yeah I hope you’rs is healthy and the blisters smaller or gone. Only once you can get a good pic will we know.

 

[CutThroat Kid]

Yeah I hope you’rs is healthy and the blisters smaller or gone. Only once you can get a good pic will we know.

I will try to get a picture of the aftermath of the injury. There is what looks like some scaring on the abdomen where the injury happened, which really just amounts to being some miniscule distortion of the usual Poecilotheria patterning on the abdomen. But other than that, it seems to be doing quite well, blister gone and all. It completed its molt rather quickly and unproblematically from what I saw, I might as well add.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

I will try to get a picture of the aftermath of the injury. There is what looks like some scaring on the abdomen where the injury happened, which really just amounts to being some miniscule distortion of the usual Poecilotheria patterning on the abdomen. But other than that, it seems to be doing quite well, blister gone and all. It completed its molt rather quickly and unproblematically from what I saw, I might as well add.

Great news ! Hope it makes a full recovery.

 

[CutThroat Kid]

look at those red fangs


Well, there you have it folks. You have to look closely, but the scaring is there. Literally almost unnoticeable though!

This little trooper earned it’s name: “Sinister Blister”

Now I need help naming my Phormictopus Sp. Purple I got in the same order. (They were both such a good deal).

 

[MariaLewisia]

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Well, there you have it folks. You have to look closely, but the scaring is there. Literally almost unnoticeable though!

This little trooper earned it’s name: “Sinister Blister”

Wow that is so neat! Bravo, little SB!