moult at the bottom of the burrow

[50centipede]

My C. dyscolus juvie has been very inactive for the past weeks.
Today I saw her outside of hideout and checked the burrow.
To my surprise, there's a moult at the bottom!
Should I leave it?

 

[Arachnophoric]

My C. dyscolus juvie has been very inactive for the past weeks.
Today I saw her outside of hideout and checked the burrow.
To my surprise, there's a moult at the bottom!
Should I leave it?

I try to pull them out when I can as they tend to get gross in my more tropical enclosures, but it really isn't a big deal and if you can't access it without digging up half the enclosure, i'd just leave it. Ts tend to eventually kick out old molts in their own time, anyway.

 

[Theneil]

If it isn’t convenient, i would just leave it. shouldn’t hurt anything.

 

[baconwrappedpikachu]

I had a Pamphobeteus and a Poecilotheria sling whose molts ended up hidden at the bottom of their burrows, I spent a few days trying to decide if and how I could manage to get it out without bothering them, and before I had to make any decision they had both kicked the molts out into the open for me to take easily. Give it a few days and the tarantula may solve your problem for you.

 

[Vanessa]

Moults don't attract parasites or grow mould on them, so there is no danger leaving them alone. And, as others have pointed out already, they will often take them out themselves at some point.
I always just leave them alone.

 

[Thekla]

Ts tend to eventually kick out old molts in their own time, anyway.

Tell this to my B. albo... He decorated his burrow with at least 3 moults, and never brought them outside.

@50centipede I only pull the moults if they're easily accessible, so I don't have to disturb the T or destroy their web or burrow. If they're unreachable I just leave them there, it's not a big deal.

 

[Paul1126]

Tell this to my B. albo... He decorated his burrow with at least 3 moults, and never brought them outside.

@50centipede I only pull the moults if they're easily accessible, so I don't have to disturb the T or destroy their web or burrow. If they're unreachable I just leave them there, it's not a big deal.

Same with my GBB he stacks them in a corner inside the burrow.

 

[Anoplogaster]

Doesn’t hurt the spider at all. You can ignore it.

 

[weibkreux]

My A junodi also got a collection of molts at the bottom of its burrow, and this T is prone to bolting (almost escaped 3x) so I'd rather not get it.

 

[FrDoc]

When I gaze inside my Orange Bob’s hide it looks like a communal set up, but only one moves.

 

[EulersK]

Pretty much what everyone else said - leave it.

Fun fact. I have a C. darlingi that has been in the same container since it was ~1" dls mainly because I hate rehousing burrowers. It is now an adult female, and I've yet to get my hands on a single exuvia. I'm sure when I eventually rehouse, I'll find a chamber full of nearly a dozen exuvia stashed away.

 

[Arachnophoric]

When I gaze inside my Orange Bob’s hide it looks like a communal set up, but only one moves.

Mine just finally kicked out her molt after hoarding it for nearly 3 months. My Orange Bob is now an Orange Bobette.

 

[50centipede]

Thanks for the comments guys! She eventually kicked it out