help urgent

gilly2k

Arachnopeon
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my g rossa has turned on her back to shed and has been there for 4 hours and done nothing why is thus is it normal.

thanks

gilly2k
 

rknralf

Arachnolord
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It took my mature female Chilean Rose almost 8 hours to molt. Don't be concerned yet, just make sure the humidity is up a little and let nature take its course.
Sometimes it just takes a little while.
Also, don't disturb yours, just keep an eye on her to look for potential problems (legs stuck, etc.)
 

Mojo Jojo

Arachnoking
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IME, the bigger they are, the longer thy take.

Big DRagonfly
 

chid

Arachnoknight
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My rose moulted this Saturday just gone,she was on her back for 10 hours before shedding sucessfully.
yours will be fine.
 

JacenBeers

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Yeah i have a huge adult female and she molted a few months ago and from the time she was flipped over to the time that she was on her feet again it was like 14 hours.
 

Immortal_sin

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longest record here was 28 hours..if you can believe that! and it was my FIRST spider..I'd had her all of 6 DAYS!
A seemanni from Petco, poor thing, I ended up intervening, having not a clue what I was doing, but probably with my bumbling, and help from friendly T folks, saved her life. She only lost her left palp, and regenerated a rather spindly looking one last molt :)
 
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