Najakeeper
Arachnoprince
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Hey Guys,
So I gut this teeny tiny T.apophysis sling with some other spiders. Breeder advised to wait until a couple more molts as these are prone to have bad molts when they are little but he lives a couple hours away from my house and I did not wanna drive again for a single spider.
So Murphy rule applies and the little sling has a terrible molt. When I found it, the two "back" legs were tentacle like and pointing upward. It has pretty much no control over them. Also, the abdomen was completely stuck and the spider was upright and hardening so with a q tip and very small tongs I removed the stuck molt covering its abdomen after tedious effort.
2 days later she is alive, no twitching or uncontrolled leg movements but having hard time walking `cos of the damaged legs, which are still tentacle like, longer than usual and useless. So my question is, after it eats a few meals (if it ever eats) should I cut the useless legs off before it`s next molt (assuming that it survives)? Will it make an easier job for spider or will I mess things up more with blood loss and whatnot?
Here is what she looks like now:
Thanks in advance for the advices.
So I gut this teeny tiny T.apophysis sling with some other spiders. Breeder advised to wait until a couple more molts as these are prone to have bad molts when they are little but he lives a couple hours away from my house and I did not wanna drive again for a single spider.
So Murphy rule applies and the little sling has a terrible molt. When I found it, the two "back" legs were tentacle like and pointing upward. It has pretty much no control over them. Also, the abdomen was completely stuck and the spider was upright and hardening so with a q tip and very small tongs I removed the stuck molt covering its abdomen after tedious effort.
2 days later she is alive, no twitching or uncontrolled leg movements but having hard time walking `cos of the damaged legs, which are still tentacle like, longer than usual and useless. So my question is, after it eats a few meals (if it ever eats) should I cut the useless legs off before it`s next molt (assuming that it survives)? Will it make an easier job for spider or will I mess things up more with blood loss and whatnot?
Here is what she looks like now:
Thanks in advance for the advices.