Post molt

spiderwomayne

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Hi! I’ve been here before and got great answers to my questions.
my now 8 year old female Texas t had her first molt with me. (She’s adopted)
She had an interesting molt since she was between the glass and her wood bark in her tank. But now she’s looks so frail and I can barely see her cephalothorax. Her legs are not at all curled in. Just thrown like she ran a marathon and is tired. Been like that all day since she finished her molt. She’s literally sprawled out on the ground but her legs are covering most of her cepha. Is this normal!?
 

ladyratri

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Photos help the most.

You mean like she's hiding under her knees? They do all sorts of weird stretching and squishing post-molt.
 

TarantulaMan138

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Hi! I’ve been here before and got great answers to my questions.
my now 8 year old female Texas t had her first molt with me. (She’s adopted)
She had an interesting molt since she was between the glass and her wood bark in her tank. But now she’s looks so frail and I can barely see her cephalothorax. Her legs are not at all curled in. Just thrown like she ran a marathon and is tired. Been like that all day since she finished her molt. She’s literally sprawled out on the ground but her legs are covering most of her cepha. Is this normal!?
If you mean kinda the way she's lying in your profile pic next to her molt, that's perfectly normal. You want to be concerned if her feet or toes are curled in and under her legs.
 
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Ultum4Spiderz

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Hi! I’ve been here before and got great answers to my questions.
my now 8 year old female Texas t had her first molt with me. (She’s adopted)
She had an interesting molt since she was between the glass and her wood bark in her tank. But now she’s looks so frail and I can barely see her cephalothorax. Her legs are not at all curled in. Just thrown like she ran a marathon and is tired. Been like that all day since she finished her molt. She’s literally sprawled out on the ground but her legs are covering most of her cepha. Is this normal!?
Pictures please!
 
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