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Arachnopuppy

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Another of my tarantulas just finished molting like an hour ago. It is holding really tightly to its old skin. Why do they do that?
 

luther

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Sentimentality, like how men don't like to throw away their tatty old underwear.;)
 

Gillian

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My blondi will full out attack my tongs when I fish her exuvium out. She's normally very laid back. Then, there's my Tigerrump. Molted before I sent it off to its new home. Little thing eats its exuvium, and gets VERY upset, if I take the skin.
Peace,
Gillian
 

MizM

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A couple of mine lay on it until they flip... then they stay VERY CLOSE to it. I wonder if it's exuvium security issues?
 

dennis

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Yep, my P. cambridgei did the same thing. Attacked the tong I used to get his old skin, and he even dragged the old skin further back into his web... Pretty obvious he wanted to keep it.

Dennis
 

defour

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Mine seem to concentrate mostly on the abdominal portions of the molt. I think what they're doing is "sucking" on the molt to recover whatever fluid is left; just an economic strategy. The disadvantage for me is that they munch up the molt enough to make sexing it more difficult.

Steve
 
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