Molting questions.

[Chilon]

So currently I have a 4 inch long Juvenile galapagoensis. In the 29 days I have had it it still hasn't molted. Also I am still unsure what a premolt pede looks and acts like as I don't really know how to tell if a pede is fat or not as they look the same to me when thin or thick. Would my Juvenile be expected to molt soon? How often do they even molt at that size.

 

[kingshockey]

use search function

 

[Wolfram1]

29 days is nothing. Like with spiders how fat they are does not indicate that a molt is imminent, it just tells you that they have fat reserves. You can judge their girth by looking at the exposed sides and how far the top and bottom plates are seperated from each other.

Only once a new exosceleton starts developing underneath the old one does a molt approach

I am too inexperienced with pedes to really give you an estimate and even missed seeing the premolt period because my pede remained burrowed for a few months before it emerged with a fresh exosceleton.

Centipedes in premolt will get a yellow tinge to the exosceleton. There are lots of pictures here on AB or you can simply google it.

Not sure about your specimen/species or its molting intervals, but mine (Scolopendra dehaani) took over a year between molts, and that was after i purchased it, so possibly much longer.
I have two others a a similar size to yours that haven't molted for me yet & it's been over a year for them too.

Temperature will play a role in this as well, i keep mine fairly cool.

I'd love to have a S. galapagoensis, gorgeous pedes, take good care of it.