I knew this would happpen!

[Ariel]

Last night my P. cambridgei finally was flipping to molt, and for some reason half way through flipping, s/he stopped. So I tried really hard to stay up to see it molt, eventually I crashed and I just woke up to find a freshly molted P. cambridgei. I wanted to see it but oh well. As of right now the little iccooperative brat is choming on his/her molt. :evil:

No pics as of yet, my hands are shaky and I need a cup of coffee. This has been an awesome week for me.

 

[DooM_ShrooM]

well to bad for you....for me too...i just woke up one day and there was 2 tarantulas though the one is her molt then she go for a major hunger strike

 

[Ariel]

Well, they seem to strive to do it when you can't see them.

this is the best pic I can get, theres so much webbing:

 

[micheldied]

ive never watched any of mine through the whole moltgin process either.
takes waaaay too long.

 

[Ariel]

ive never watched any of mine through the whole moltgin process either.
takes waaaay too long.

I caught the last half of my P. regalis molt on sunday. it does take awhile, it's really neat though.

 

[micheldied]

I caught the last half of my P. regalis molt on sunday. it does take awhile, it's really neat though.

it definitely is!

 

[Steve Calceatum]

Congrats!!!! Were you able to salvage the molt for sexing??

 

[Ariel]

Congrats!!!! Were you able to salvage the molt for sexing??

I think I might have been wrong about him/her eating it, but s/he still hasn't moved away from it and I don't want to bother a freshly molted T so I'll leave it until s/he moves. S/he gained a TON of size with this molt . I wonder what size sexual dimorphism starts to show or if it only happens with the maturing molt, because the chevron markings are really clear, much more prominant than before, definately a looker.

 

[Teal]

LOL darn you all to heck, P. cambridgei!

On that note.. I hope you're able to sex the molt!

Next time you should set up a video camera on them lol

 

[Ariel]

LOL darn you all to heck, P. cambridgei!

On that note.. I hope you're able to sex the molt!

Next time you should set up a video camera on them lol

lol, I hope I can to, I hate not knowing. And I should do that, to bad I don't have a video camera, just my moms little point and shoot.

 

[Teal]

My point and shoot has a video option.. I don't know if it would record THAT much though lol

 

[Steve Calceatum]

Wouldn't surprise me me in the least if he was eating it. I've only managed to salvage ONE molt from my P. irminia. The rest of them, he chewed up pretty good.

Retrieving the molt shouldn't disturb him too much at this point. I'd be taking advantage of the lull, and get it now, before he decides to revert back to his usual charming self.

I think dimorphism in Psalmos takes place at their maturing molt.....but don't quote me on that, LOL.

 

[Ariel]

My point and shoot has a video option.. I don't know if it would record THAT much though lol

mine does to, but ya, I doubt it'd record very long, 30mins or around there is all it will hold.

Wouldn't surprise me me in the least if he was eating it. I've only managed to salvage ONE molt from my P. irminia. The rest of them, he chewed up pretty good.

Retrieving the molt shouldn't disturb him too much at this point. I'd be taking advantage of the lull, and get it now, before he decides to revert back to his usual charming self.

I think dimorphism in Psalmos takes place at their maturing molt.....but don't quote me on that, LOL.

Great, stubborn psalms.

Well the thing is, s/he's laying on it... maybe I'm just being overly cautious but after reading a few threads of someone opening the container of a recently-molted T, it freaking and running and ended up dead or wounded, I don't know if I want to take the chance.


I'll have to look into it, I thought they started to show sooner, but I honestly have no idea.

 

[Ariel]

Ok, I got the molt and I think maybe possibly female, but it was really twisted up, I'm sure eventually I'll learn to untangle them with out ruining them, but I didn't get it this time, so I don't know, maybe next molt. Maybe i should just send them off to be sexed, let someone else untangle them. :wall:

S/he gained a while inch though! at the very least. I measured him/her at about if not a little more than 4".

 

[Steve Calceatum]

Did you wet the abdomen? A light misting will soften the exuvia.

 

[Ariel]

Did you wet the abdomen? A light misting will soften the exuvia.

ya, i did. I ripped it. I'm about to make another molt thread! Its the one I've been waiting for.

 

[jebbewocky]

Congrats!!!! Were you able to salvage the molt for sexing??

I misinterpreted what you meant by "sexing" for a split second.
My face was a manifestation of horror.