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Arachnoknight
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Hello everyone, been lurking here for research for months now. Made an account a little bit ago but this is my first post.
I have 11 T's as of today (6 before) and have been through 4 successful molts even upright ones... this is the first one that concerns me.
First, let me start off by saying I'm aware of the 1000's of molt related posts and I do understand the best thing I can do is absolutely nothing.
That is what I am doing.
I guess I'm looking for similar stories or some hope? I dunno lol I don't have a lot of people to turn to about my spiders.
C. versicolor came in the mail today with some other slings.
We set it up in a makeshift enclosure made from a 1 piece bead bottle that was cut to create 2 pieces,
It opens from the bottom and is held closed by friction. There is a tiny gap between these 2 pieces.
Didn't worry about this gap because it is at the bottom, the sling is arboreal, and it can't escape from there anyways.
A few hours later, my GF noticed it was hanging out on the bottom leaf. Which is hugging a corner of the bottom piece. she picked up the enclosure to reapply the label which was falling off and that's when it jumped a little - she then noticed it was molting.
She put it down and we took a step back. She's worried that while trying to fix the label she may have tightened the enclosure seal slightly and trapped its new legs.
I do not think the legs are stuck... the gaps seem big enough that I'm telling myself it's using them for leverage.
but this is the longest sling molt we've ever dealt with so I am worried. Hell our G. pulchra molted sometime while we were at dinner for no more than an hour and a half.
progress wise - Its abdomen is completely out, carapace seems still attached to the bottom half but the "hood is popped" so to speak, and some new legs are out.
It is molting upright which I heard can be a concern but I've also been through those fine - The added stress of knowing it was disturbed and possibly trapped is freaking me out.
I don't have photos because I am honestly too nervous to go in that room right now...
I have 11 T's as of today (6 before) and have been through 4 successful molts even upright ones... this is the first one that concerns me.
First, let me start off by saying I'm aware of the 1000's of molt related posts and I do understand the best thing I can do is absolutely nothing.
That is what I am doing.
I guess I'm looking for similar stories or some hope? I dunno lol I don't have a lot of people to turn to about my spiders.
C. versicolor came in the mail today with some other slings.
We set it up in a makeshift enclosure made from a 1 piece bead bottle that was cut to create 2 pieces,
It opens from the bottom and is held closed by friction. There is a tiny gap between these 2 pieces.
Didn't worry about this gap because it is at the bottom, the sling is arboreal, and it can't escape from there anyways.
A few hours later, my GF noticed it was hanging out on the bottom leaf. Which is hugging a corner of the bottom piece. she picked up the enclosure to reapply the label which was falling off and that's when it jumped a little - she then noticed it was molting.
She put it down and we took a step back. She's worried that while trying to fix the label she may have tightened the enclosure seal slightly and trapped its new legs.
I do not think the legs are stuck... the gaps seem big enough that I'm telling myself it's using them for leverage.
but this is the longest sling molt we've ever dealt with so I am worried. Hell our G. pulchra molted sometime while we were at dinner for no more than an hour and a half.
progress wise - Its abdomen is completely out, carapace seems still attached to the bottom half but the "hood is popped" so to speak, and some new legs are out.
It is molting upright which I heard can be a concern but I've also been through those fine - The added stress of knowing it was disturbed and possibly trapped is freaking me out.
I don't have photos because I am honestly too nervous to go in that room right now...
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