My Pokies

[pronty]

Here is my sub-adult male Poecilotheria fasciata:

and his molted skins from the last 2 years:

And here's my sub-adult female Poecilotheria regalis:

 

[MizM]

Ohhh... and I forgot to ask... the Schultzs suggested "stuffing" the exuvia's opisthoma with a cotton ball to make it stay "plump". It's so delicate, I can't fathom being able to do that... have you ever tried?

 

[pronty]

Originally posted by terridumonte
Ohhh... and I forgot to ask... the Schultzs suggested "stuffing" the exuvia's opisthoma with a cotton ball to make it stay "plump". It's so delicate, I can't fathom being able to do that... have you ever tried?

No I haven't tried it. Pokies' molts' opisthosomas are very thin and are usually very shriveled so I haven't tried to straighten them out. With bigger molts it's easier.

 

[Immortal_sin]

I tried with my B smithi molt, it looked AWFUL LOL!
However, it actually fooled a couple of people that don't know diddly about spiders

 

[The_Phantom]

wow, what beautiful spiders. If I get the one I want, Ill call her Oreo !