molting too often?

[Randy]

Usually how long is it between molts? whats the shortest time between each molt u guys have experienced? my obt seem to have stop eating again and it just molted like one month ago ? puzzles me.. is he sick? or is it that he's old and just eat less? :?

 

[Wade]

How old is the spider? Younger ones molt often. On a few occasions, I've had adults molt only a few months after the previous molt. I have no idea why.

Also, it may just not be very hungry. Many of my mature T's feed voraciously following a molt, but taper of quickly in the amount eaten after the first month or two.

Wade

 

[Elson]

not sure , but it's about 3 inches long.. he bought it 3 or 4 months ago, btw , i'm his friend

 

[Pheonixx]

T's molt when they are good and ready. they can molt to fix limbs and whatever else they deem a problem. I have had slings molt twice in a month and an adult molt twice in 4 months...

 

[JacenBeers]

I still stick by my story that over a year ago my Lasiodora cristata molted twice in under two weeks. I saw it molt the first time and two days later it ate a cricket. THen it went underground and a few days later there was another fresh molt in its tunnel and it looked all white again. It was a small spiderling at the time and I was shocked and everybody made fun of me on this board saying I was a liar but it is true and I still remember it being so weird

 

[Randy]

not sure , but it's about 3 inches long.. he bought it 3 or 4 months ago, btw , i'm his friend

its 4 - 41/2 inch

 

[Greg Wolfe]

Shed-a-thon...

The smaller the T the more often it will molt. Shedding often, in my opinion, is a good sign. The T is healthy and growing. I have had some Lasiodora slings that have shed twice in one month. Not to worry...

 

[Randy]

does a coming molt mean bad temper to Tarantulas ? my obt has been very aggresive leately, i mean more aggressive than usual!

 

[Malhavoc's]

It could be for several reasons, it may have becoem more prossesive of its tank/keeper, that it feels it needs to defend it more rigoresly or it feels more trapped. aswell it could mean that a moult is upcomming

 

[David Burns]

I've have an adult OBT at 6 inches her previous instar lasted 378 days. She ate a couple of criks and then 23 days later she molted again. When ever you think there is a common rule you can rely on, they break it.