It Molted!

New Guy

Arachnosquire
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I'm new to tarantulas and have a small red knee (which is my first). After this one, I can see why people have so many different tarantulas. I've had it for about 3 weeks and it only ate once since I brought it home but it hasn't eaten for the past 11 days. I was nervous that something might be wrong but when I looked at it last night, I saw that it molted. It was a relief to see that it had molted but I didn't get to see it molt which I wanted to see. Anyway, just wanted to share and to say hi to everyone.
 

rknralf

Arachnolord
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Welcome to the addiction....I mean hobby
Congratulations on your first tarantula!
Ralph
 

MrFeexit

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Congrats and now don't feed it for a few days. Give those fangs a chance to harden up. Oh you will be getting more T's ...yes you will. One is never enough.
 

ArachnoPapa

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That is cool! We have a redknee that is molting now also. He is gonna get big with this one. He is also going to graduate into a body covered in hairs.

Papa.
 

Dafne

Arachnobaron
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Welcome here, New Guy! :D

Congratulations on the successful molt :) Soon, you'll see what addiction this hobby is... Good luck! ;)
 

Immortal_sin

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welcome, and yes, you probably will get more Ts LOL....we all did
;)
That way, we don't obsess over the 1 or 2 that we have...when you have hundreds...someone is always molting, eating, breeding, making an eggsac, etc :D
 

noboyscout

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Congradulations on your T's molt and welcome to the hobby. You are finding out that T's are like potato chips, you just can't have one!
 

New Guy

Arachnosquire
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I'm already looking for other Ts to buy but I have a lot of learning to do first. One thing I'm curious about is the sex of my red knee so I gotta ask a question that has probably been asked a million times here but... how old/large do they have to be to sex them?
 

New Guy

Arachnosquire
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I just pulled out his/her molt and there isn't much of the abdomen left so I guess I'll have to wait until it gets larger.
 

Gregg1LE

Arachnoknight
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Welcome, New Guy, to a very rewarding and fulfilling hobby.
 

Bearskin10

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What size is your T? If you can get a good picture of its underside and it is large enough post the picture and I am sure someone will sex it for you. Like the rest here I welcome you to the boards and congratulate you on your first T and molt.
 

New Guy

Arachnosquire
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It's about 2". I'll try to get a pic up. Thanks to everyone who responded. This is a great forum.
 
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