Molt inside web

[Vanessa85220]

Hi friends!

My T molted for the first time since I’ve gotten her (I’m assuming her gender haha), but she did it in the bottom of her web that is vertical against the glass and attached to her half cork round. She is still in the web with her molt after a couple of days and I don’t want to disturb her to get the molt out of there. Is it safe to leave it in there with her until she comes out? And if so, for how long? She doesn’t come out very often.

Thanks for any advice!

 

[cold blood]

molts dont need to ever be removed....eventually the t will emerge as it will be hungry....at that time it will likely discard the molt if you want it for sexing.

 

[ErinM31]

As Cold Blood said, no need to remove the molt, although it can be frustrating when you want it for sexing. Most of my tarantulas will dispose of their molts as they do food boluses, discarding them in or around the waterdish for me to remove, but I’ve had some that let them collect and my Idiothele mira destroys theirs and scatters the evidence!

 

[Vanessa]

Moults don't mould and they don't attract parasites... if that was what you are concerned about.

 

[TwiztedNinja]

Leave it in and maybe you'll see it place it at the entrance of the burrow to make it look like its ready to attack intruders

Even with its molt, the vagans still amuses

 

[ErinM31]

Leave it in and maybe you'll see it place it at the entrance of the burrow to make it look like its ready to attack intruders

Even with its molt, the vagans still amuses

Your tarantula positioned its molt there?!

 

[TwiztedNinja]

Your tarantula positioned its molt there?!

lol yup. She has a small tunnel and at first it was at the bottom, where she molted. Then a few days later she moved it up

I pulled it out yesterday to try and feed her but she isnt ready yet

Hilarious. This is one reason why I love my vagans. Waiting for her to come out completely so I can get a better look at its bigger size

 

[Insects Glorify God]

My Guyana Pink Toe molted last week! . Will it likely remake the current web "tube" since it is now larger? The molt is completely inaccessible as it is in the base of the tube that is closed off at that end. What would you guess is the likelihood that it will still discard it at some point vs. let it stay?

 

[octanejunkie]

Avics may or may not re-make web tubes after molting, depends on whether they are comfortable

I had to fish the molt out of my avic's enclosure after it's last molt, but you can leave it there too; it won't harm anything

I would wait a good week or longer before feeding after a molt, there's no reason to rush feeding and every reason to wait
Just make sure they have good access to water, water dish and drops into webbing every other day

 

[TwiztedNinja]

Have had 3 bigger avics molt in my short experience and none have moved the molt. I've had to get it inside the sock

 

[Insects Glorify God]

Avics may or may not re-make web tubes after molting, depends on whether they are comfortable

I had to fish the molt out of my avic's enclosure after it's last molt, but you can leave it there too; it won't harm anything

I would wait a good week or longer before feeding after a molt, there's no reason to rush feeding and every reason to wait
Just make sure they have good access to water, water dish and drops into webbing every other day

Thanks for your input! I will do my best not to rush things. ;-)

 

[Insects Glorify God]

Have had 3 bigger avics molt in my short experience and none have moved the molt. I've had to get it inside the sock

Ok. Good to know.

 

[CJJon]

Just rehoused a T. albo. I've never really seen it's exuviae. The stinker had wadded up all it's old molts and stuffed them up under some cork bark out of sight. I only found them when I was cleaning out the container it was in. It looked like a golf ball made out of tarantula legs!

 

[Kitara]

Just rehoused a T. albo. I've never really seen it's exuviae. The stinker had wadded up all it's old molts and stuffed them up under some cork bark out of sight. I only found them when I was cleaning out the container it was in. It looked like a golf ball made out of tarantula legs!

LOL! Same. My C. Elegans hid them down deep. When I pulled it out this past weekend for rehouse I said, "Ok, so you DO molt."

 

[Insects Glorify God]

Just rehoused a T. albo. I've never really seen it's exuviae. The stinker had wadded up all it's old molts and stuffed them up under some cork bark out of sight. I only found them when I was cleaning out the container it was in. It looked like a golf ball made out of tarantula legs!

Whoa, that sounds very interesting. Were you able to assess it's sex from the ball of molts or do you know that already?

 

[Insects Glorify God]

LOL! Same. My C. Elegans hid them down deep. When I pulled it out this past weekend for rehouse I said, "Ok, so you DO molt."

So maybe this behavior is more common than not? The word must be out among Ts that we humans want to look at their molts. I think they hide them to keep us guessing and to make themselves more interesting to us. ;-)

 

[CJJon]

Whoa, that sounds very interesting. Were you able to assess it's sex from the ball of molts or do you know that already?

No way. They were much too mangled. I haven’t sexed It yet.

 

[Insects Glorify God]

No way. They were much too mangled. I haven’t sexed It yet.

Yeah, I was afraid that's what you would say.

 

[viper69]

Hi friends!

My T molted for the first time since I’ve gotten her (I’m assuming her gender haha), but she did it in the bottom of her web that is vertical against the glass and attached to her half cork round. She is still in the web with her molt after a couple of days and I don’t want to disturb her to get the molt out of there. Is it safe to leave it in there with her until she comes out? And if so, for how long? She doesn’t come out very often.

Thanks for any advice!

Leave your T alone. Ts are incredibly TIDY animals. Enjoy

 

[viper69]

Will it likely remake the current web "tube" since it is now larger?

Generally no, but always exceptions in nature.