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- May 14, 2007
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So arrive home late last night only to see my A.Avic practically limp in his web hammock. I thought that he would be dehydrated (which it didnt' appear to be) and on it's last breaths 'til death so I immediately removed him and placed him upside down on a flat surface. Taking a water dropper, I put a few droplets of water on his chelicerae and they disappeared which I assumed he had taken. A few minutes had passed and he was barely moving and then all of a sudden, I noticed the book lungs and the small area around the beginning of the abdomen turn a brown and start to crack. My Avic was molting! I don't know what could have caused it, but basically I rescued him from what I thought was a certain death because he might not have had the adequate room to molt? Anyways, I watched the entire molt process and nursed him until he could walk into the enclosure. He's doing great now!