''Hole'' in Tarantulas abdomen

[Senad]

I wasnt at home for 2 days and when i got back i've spotted these white thing/hole on back of my tarantula.
She is 3 years old and molted around 10 months ago.
Looking for some answers and help since im really consider because i've never seen this thing before.
Thanks in advance!

Update 1:
She is female Lasiodora Parahybana, 3 years and 2 months old

 

[Theneil]

looks like she just kicked some hairs and made a small bald patch to me.

 

[Senad]

looks like she just kicked some hairs and made a small bald patch to me.

Let me make some more pictures and upload, it concerns me because this is first time i see something like this

 

[spookyvibes]

That’s just a bald patch, she’s been kicking hairs, it’ll go away by next molt, absolutely nothing to worry about

 

[Lokee85]

Yeah, it just looks like she kicked hairs and made a bald patch. It happens. Not anything to be concerned with at all.

 

[PanzoN88]

I have to agree that it does look like a bald spot, it is quite normal. Here is my B. albopilosum as proof.

 

[Senad]

Thanks for all the answers, i really hope it is as you say. Looking forward for the next molting

 

[spookyvibes]

Thanks for all the answers, i really hope it is as you say. Looking forward for the next molting

Speaking of molts, don’t freak out when that bald patch starts darkening up and turns black That will happen once she’s near molting

 

[Theneil]

I bet if you gently rub the area with the cotton end of a Q-tip you will see some more of the urticating bristles come off, if that will help ease your mind.

 

[PidderPeets]

100% a bald patch from kicked hairs. I'm amazed this is your first time seeing it on an LP! Mine barely lasts a few weeks (edit: weeks, not months. I'm not that lucky) after molting before she has bare spots again!

I bet if you gently rub the area with the cotton end of a Q-tip you will see some more of the urticating bristles come off, if that will help ease your mind.

I wouldn't. All that's going to do is possibly coax the spider to kick them off herself and get them all over the OP. And LP bristles are just awful.

 

[chanda]

I bet if you gently rub the area with the cotton end of a Q-tip you will see some more of the urticating bristles come off, if that will help ease your mind.

That sounds like a terrible idea! It will stress out the T - and, if done too hard, could injure the spider as well - not to mention that the length of the average Q-tip would put OP's hand well within striking distance for a defensive bite and has a high probability of getting OP haired for trying it!

 

[Senad]

100% a bald patch from kicked hairs. I'm amazed this is your first time seeing it on an LP! Mine barely lasts a few weeks (edit: weeks, not months. I'm not that lucky) after molting before she has bare spots again!

Yeah i've seen it before, but it was way more grayish than being completely white. Also it looks like rupture more than just bald spot

 

[The Grym Reaper]

It's just a bald spot from kicking hairs, nothing to worry about at all, my LP kicks hair for fun and currently looks like she's been gouged in both sides of her abdomen from where she kicks with both back legs at once, my A. chalcodes has a similar bald patch to yours and both my N. chromatus and GBB both have tatty abdomens because they're pretty far into their respective moult cycles.

Once it moults it'll be good as new, until it decides to try to hair you to death and creates another bald patch

 

[PidderPeets]

Yeah i've seen it before, but it was way more grayish than being completely white. Also it looks like rupture more than just bald spot

The reason it was a different color is because the previous one you saw was at a different stage in the tarantula's molt cycle. The tarantula was approaching a molt before, so the skin underneath was darker as the new exoskeleton was developing and was visible through its current one. Right now, your tarantula isn't that close to a molt, so the exoskeleton is pale. If you look at the bald butts posted by myself and @PanzoN88, you can see that all three spiders (including yours) have different colored skin under the bald patch. This is because all three tarantulas are at different stages in their molt cycle.

There would be a clear liquid coming from the spot if it was a rupture. From you pictures, I do not see any liquid. I do see a few tiny patches of hairs that were separated from the spider's body but still stuck on the other hairs (the tiny clusters of "fuzz" just below the main bald spot). Is that what's concerning you?

 

[NukaMedia Exotics]

Definitely not a hole in your T's abdomen, just a bald patch. Very common in New World tarantula species such as the LP and nothing to worry about.

 

[sdsnybny]

100% a bald patch from kicked hairs. I'm amazed this is your first time seeing it on an LP! Mine barely lasts a few weeks (edit: weeks, not months. I'm not that lucky) after molting before she has bare spots again!

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My LP is broken!! ....she never kicks hairs. also about 3 years old and close to7"

 

[EulersK]

This thread is broken A tarantula is doing tarantula things, so you get advice to swab it with a brush? What?

It just kicked setae ("hairs"). That's basic tarantula anatomy, it's literally their first line of defense.

 

[PidderPeets]

My LP is broken!! ....she never kicks hairs. also about 3 years old and close to7"
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Yeah, that's definitely a broken LP. Probably a manufacturing defect. You might be entitled to a refund or replacement. There was clearly poor quality control when they checked this batch.

 

[Theneil]

This thread is broken A tarantula is doing tarantula things, so you get advice to swab it with a brush? What?

It just kicked setae ("hairs"). That's basic tarantula anatomy, it's literally their first line of defense.

For clarification i never said they SHOULD, i said they CAN because the OP seemed skeptical of the answer given. i merely suggested a way for them to validate the cause of the 'hole' for themselves since they were reluctant to believe the replies given.

 

[sdeveikis]

I have to agree that it does look like a bald spot, it is quite normal. Here is my B. albopilosum as proof.

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lovely little butt heart