P Becker T.Blondi slings first molt

[Dexter]

Mine molted today.

Already listed my housing conditions.

Way to be slow Rob

 

[robc]

Mine molted today.

Already listed my housing conditions.

Way to be slow Rob

Mine still hasn't!!!!!!

 

[hassman789]

Mine still hasn't!!!!!!

I'm sure your standing by the sling trying to encourage it with friendly words.

 

[robc]

I'm sure your standing by the sling trying to encourage it with friendly words.

But of course, I am showing him/her my potatoe peeler LOL!!!. WQell all my Eggs w/legs are molting but not the blondi...he is eating??????? I put a cricket in there to see if he would take it....well...he/she did!!

 

[pato_chacoana]

Nice spider Fran! :clap: One of my adult females TB just molted... will take some pics soon, she looks gorgeous...

 

[robc]

Well, I think I figured out why mine hasn't molted yet. She appears to be dying (or she's already gone - there's still some twitching and small movements so I'm not 100% sure she's gone yet). I checked on her earlier today and found her sitting on the ground with 3 of her 4 legs on one side sticking out. They weren't moving, just sticking out there. I don't believe this is DKS, she wasn't behaving that way. All I know is this sucks. Hopefully I can get another one...I was looking forward to watching it grow.

 

[Fran]

What the hell???
Take some pictures rob please, I cant watch videos here.

 

[robc]

What the hell???
Take some pictures rob please, I cant watch videos here.

Will do!!

I think I figured it out!! I bought 12 crickets from petco...I fed this blondi and my A.diversipes these crickets...the Avic died yesterday...now the Blondi!!!! I am beyond upset man!!!

 

[Fran]

That is crazy man....holy crap, I fed them pinheads too, I was worried, aso i kept them under my food for days before feeding....
Damn, im sorry about this man

 

[robc]

That is crazy man....holy crap, I fed them pinheads too, I was worried, aso i kept them under my food for days before feeding....
Damn, im sorry about this man

So did I, i kept them for 5 days with my food!

 

[robc]

I turned her over...still getting a bit of movement:

 

[Fran]

Darn it, higher the humidity to the max, lets see if she pulls trough....

 

[Redneck]

Oh dang Rob! I hope she pulls through for you..

 

[robc]

You guys won't believe this....she is molting now. I've never seen a T act like this and live. I'm happy she's molting and will be keeping a very close eye on her. Maybe we just made a mistake thinking she was on her way out. The way she was sitting there with just one side of her legs sticking up was odd...I know 2nd instars do molt upright a lot but she wasn't acting like a normal molting 2nd instar. Odd but it worked out I guess. LOL ~whew~

 

[WARPIG]

Dude your post went from terrible to terrific!!!

Hope all goes well, it did look really chubby in the DEATH pics

PIG-

 

[jason91279]

Congrats Rob! I cringed when i saw that youtube vid...

 

[TomM]

Rob, I was just checking YouTube and I saw that your blondi wasn't doing well. I hope the molt goes well. Good luck!

 

[robc]

Dude your post went from terrible to terrific!!!

Hope all goes well, it did look really chubby in the DEATH pics

PIG-

I power fed her no doubt LOL!! I have never seen a T act the way she did so I got her molt on time lapse and am going to put them together since she was acting so odd before hand. Least others can learn something, maybe, from my mistake. I'm guessing I missed something? I've seen thousands of T's molt and yet have never seen anything like this. She looked frozen...with those legs on one side just sticking up. I thought maybe I got some bad crickets at the store or something. She's looking good now though...almost through the molt. Funny enough, Paul had heard about it and called me...I was talking to him about how odd she was behaving and when I looked back at her, she had popped her carapace and was busy molting. ?? Strange days... LOL

Feeling more than a little DOH right about now!! LOL But very happy regardless.

 

[robc]

One last thing...(and first, Sorry to Fran for hijacking your thread!)...there was no wrinkling in the abdomen, no pulsating. Basically nothing that would have indicated she was about to molt. Heck, she ate yesterday!! ?? Odd one! That should be her new name! Moving on to my own thread...~innocent whistling~

 

[Fran]

One last thing...(and first, Sorry to Fran for hijacking your thread!)...there was no wrinkling in the abdomen, no pulsating. Basically nothing that would have indicated she was about to molt. Heck, she ate yesterday!! ?? Odd one! That should be her new name! Moving on to my own thread...~innocent whistling~

Yeah at this size, thy can be like a day in "pre moult"!
Good think she made it man :clap: