Molting Paranoia

[Jerry]

first time I've actually see him flip to molt and now I find myself overly paranoid about the out come

 

[Paramite]

Damn. That's one fat spider!

 

[Jerry]

She ate one medium to large cricket ever 5 to 9 days install about a month ago and has been fasting since just flipped to molt earlyer today

 

[basin79]

View attachment 234528 first time I've actually see him flip to molt and now I find myself overly paranoid about the out come

It's perfectly normal to be worried. It's a massive deal for a T to moult. I worry like mad when they're actually moulting.

 

[Rittdk01]

I worry about the larger tarantulas when molting. So far they have all molted fast and with no problems. My big girl t stirmi was down for two weeks after molting. I won't lie, she made me nervous as heck when she was in premolt.

 

[Jerry]

Well every other time I catch it after the hard part when there just waiting to harden up this is the first time I seen it from flipping over to the end and IV had this guy about a year so I'm a little attached to him

 

[Jerry]

Update her he is got his legs out but he's close to the side of his enclosure will that bother him finishing his molt or not so much

 

[Rittdk01]

Not so much. Both my g Pulchripes molted like that. He'll be fine

 

[Jerry]

Thanks so excited by the size of the legs looks like he's added so good size

 

[Devin B]

Ive been lucky enough that all 3 times a T has molted under my care i was at work and didn't even know until it was done with

 

[Jerry]

And done just have to harden up

 

[Jerry]

@Devin B lucky I really was working my self up and for no reason everything whent well please say it won't be like this every time

 

[Devin B]

Oh it usually is lol. The good news is that T's have been doing thing for a loooooooooonnggg time and for the most part they have it figured out. I currently have 2 slings that I expect to be molting soon and i just hope i come home from work and it's all done with again.
The first molt I delt with was my GBB. I woke up and noticed it was upside down and went to work. I was busy enough that day to not have a chance to worry about it.that is until i was driving home lol, as soon as i got home i rushed to see if everything went well and it did.