OK, you are 100% correct that the animal is fine without food.Try crickets just to see if it increases your Ts "confidence". I would powerfeed her so she molts sooner and fixes those legs. But she will do fine with or without food for a long while. If she was starving she woulnt be picky.A few of my picky eaters (wouldnt take dubia) were put in there place with a month or 2 without food.
This. My B. smithi had darkened abdomen for more than a month before she molted 2 weeks ago.The premolt starts long before the abdomen turns black
It doesen't need to throw away its hair at all before the molt. Mine kept all the hair this last molt. Also she is probably forcing her molt to fix the damage. But since she is that small she molts a bit faster still.yes ive had couple spiders molt on me already. It is just somewhat difficult to tell because she is still fresh after a molt and has not kicked a hair off her abdomen, you can only see the dark when she is in the hide, there is a contrast between the top of her abdomen and the rest of it. Hopefully by tomorrow it turns all black and then she molts within couple of days. Smithis are slow at everything haha
Thats really good news!!! Congrats man and I hope all goes well with her!!well something has changed, she finallyyyy molted, with 5 little white stumpy legs, im very happy! She was my first tarantula and looks like she made it!![]()
i'm glad to hear she pulled through, hopefully no more moulting problems!well something has changed, she finallyyyy molted, with 5 little white stumpy legs, im very happy! She was my first tarantula and looks like she made it!![]()
yeah! we all love to see ur beautiful B. Smithi! Gratz!Takes some pic's, It would be cool to see the recovery she has made.
hm why is that too low? Its a smithiOne more thing, try to keep her at 55-60% humidity from now on, 30-40 is too low what you had.![]()
Because in the wild they have about 50-60% in the dry season (Winter)hm why is that too low? Its a smithi
i will take some pics guys! 80hr work week haha
Awesome news! Like the others - I anxiously await pictureswell something has changed, she finallyyyy molted, with 5 little white stumpy legs, im very happy! She was my first tarantula and looks like she made it!![]()
Brachypelma smithi is native to the western faces of the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre del Sur mountain ranges in Mexico. Their natural habitat is in deciduous tropical forests and shrubs not desert.hm why is that too low? Its a smithi
i will take some pics guys! 80hr work week haha