My P. Regius sling isn't moving very much!

SalticusScenicusStar

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My Phidippus Regius sling is has just molted and entered instar 3. However, it is lacking activity and sitting in the corner of its enclosure. Her legs are crumpled, but when I poked her, she moved perfectly fine. Is something wrong?
 

magouilles

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after a molt sometimes their legs will look crumpled from what I've noticed
pictures of the setup would help to see if there's smth wrong, most importantly good ventilation and a water source
 

gorybmovie

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My Phidippus Regius sling is has just molted and entered instar 3. However, it is lacking activity and sitting in the corner of its enclosure. Her legs are crumpled, but when I poked her, she moved perfectly fine. Is something wrong?
Jumping spiders need a few days for their new skin to harden after a molt. Give it some space and don't poke at it. Stress can kill your spider after a molt. My P. Audax just molted yesterday. I finally got her to eat by offering her a mealworm cut in half. It made the mealworm less intimidating and the spider was attracted to the exposed innards. Hope that helps.
 

Nicole C G

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Don’t quite know what you mean by crumpled. Do you mean curled inwards? They take a position like that sometimes while they are hardening:


Note the creator of this video mentioned that the spider was molting out of the nest on its own, and was not forcefully removed.
:)
 
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