GBB long molt. Help!

[CarnageF]

Hello all. My GBB is about 4.5" and a female and shes been laying there for about 36 hours now and still no change, any tips???

 

[Mike41793]

Could be stuck in the molt or could still be molting. Not much you can really do to assist at this point. Best to just wait it out.

 

[A guy]

The lack of a molting web mat for this species is kinda worrying, imo.

I think it's already dead.

 

[goofyGoober99]

This thread has some info that might be helpful:

Tarantula Stuck in Its Molt? Look Here for Advice

Tarantulas sometimes get stuck during molting – it happens, nobody really knows why. Accordingly there are a lot of threads that go “Help, my tarantula is stuck, what should I do?” More often than not the advice is to do nothing because ‘the tarantula knows best how to be a tarantula’. I think...

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[CarnageF]

I moved her enclosure to the floor to check on her and when the enclosure touched the floor she twitched. How will I know if shes stuck or just molting very slowly?

Does she look stuck to you guys?

 

[Sauga Bound]

The lack of a molting web mat for this species is kinda worrying, imo.

I think it's already dead.

It's not dead until it starts to smell.

Has there been any change, OP?

My GBB typically creates a molting burrow for herself about two weeks before molting. She covers the inside of the burrow with thick webbing and emerges in three weeks. How does your GBB normally molt? Does it typically molt out in the open? How old is it? Female or male?

 

[CarnageF]

She is female and I just received her a month ago from a local hobbyist and this is her first time molting since I've had her so im unaware of her molting habits. She just lays there and twitches around like the video and stops for along time, she hasn't moved for about 30 mins

 

[TheraMygale]

If nothing has changed then do nothing.

she could be slow.

 

[sparticus]

I'm really not convinced this is a molt at all. It looks abnormal. I would try dripping water on the mouth and hope for the best. The movements are not characteristic of a molt, and neither is the complete lack of webbing/ molt mat. I suspect it maybe fell and is not doing well.

 

[Arachnophobphile]

Hello all. My GBB is about 4.5" and a female and shes been laying there for about 36 hours now and still no change, any tips???

Don't touch her, don't touch the enclosure and keep the lights off of her.

Not uncommon for a NW female tarantula at that size take an incredible amount of time to molt. Tarantulas do not naturally die on their back.

My mature female T. vagans took over 24 hours on her back before she decided to begin the molt process. The molt process then took many hours to complete.

For now leave her be and keep foot traffic around her enclosure to zero.

 

[sparticus]

Tarantulas do not naturally die on their back.

Sure. Unless they fall and land on their backs. Which is kinda what this looks like. I agree it is best to leave it alone and hope it's molting, if it's not a molt then there isn't much that can be done for her.

 

[TheraMygale]

Thats an interesting point; if it fell.

i had a nhandu do that to me. But i knew she was no where near a molt. I edged her and she got back on her legs.

your situation is very difficult to say..

 

[Arachnophobphile]

Sure. Unless they fall and land on their backs. Which is kinda what this looks like. I agree it is best to leave it alone and hope it's molting, if it's not a molt then there isn't much that can be done for her.

Unless it fell from 10 ft. or higher and died instantly no. Dropped even 3 to 4 ft they will move about and right themselves upwards with a ruptured abdomen.

I witnessed some pet store employee that is an idiot drop an adult tarantula from 20 ft. + standing at the top of a tall ladder and the splat was so loud you could hear it from a great distance like the other side of the store. I'm sure that one died instantly.

The OP needs to clarify if it was dropped or not. I doubt it was dropped and op placed it on it's back in the enclosure. Then again I never underestimate what someone is capable of doing

 

[CarnageF]

Definitely did not drop her or anything. I dont even handle my Ts at all. I work overnights and came home from work in the morning and found her like that.

And I was told she is "3ish years old"

 

[Arachnophobphile]

Definitely did not drop her or anything. I dont even handle my Ts at all. I work overnights and came home from work in the morning and found her like that.

I figured that was the case. I didn't think you dropped her.

Any change or is she still on her back?

 

[CarnageF]

She is still on her back. Every now and then she'll move her legs around a little bit but that's it.

 

[cold blood]

@sparticus was referring to a fall, NOT being dropped.

Tarantulas fall when climbing on the ceiling all the time...they don't always die and they don't always right themselves quickly....in fact it's something we see on a fairly regular basis.

 

[Arachnophobphile]

She is still on her back. Every now and then she'll move her legs around a little bit but that's it.

Yup she might have started the molting process.

@cold blood fall on their back in their enclosure and stay on their back for over 36 hours? I never heard, seen or read that anywhere.

 

[viper69]

Leave it alone

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

She is still on her back. Every now and then she'll move her legs around a little bit but that's it.

Just wait if it gets stuck molting there’s not much you can do anyways.