ledzeppelin
Arachnobaron
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2013
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- 433
Hello,
Today I turn to you with great sadness.. I suspect that my T. gigas sling has passed. It was a 3/4" sling and it was the first one I ever owned. It has been refusing food for a fortnight, so I suspected premolt. Today I found it on its back so I was excited for a molt. It has not moved from the initial position in about 10 hours now, so I'm thinking it has passed.. I have a set of questions for you now.. Have you ever had a sling so tiny molt so much time?? All of mine have completed it in max 3 hours or so..
I also must tell you the idiotic thing I've done.. I offered it a cut up mealworm yesterday and today, when I saw the spider on its back I saw that it began to mold.. I left it there anyways because I thought its better not to disturb it during molt. It has been 10 hours since, and I have not seen any progress with the molt, so I, in panic, tried to remove the molding mealworm.. I have moved the spider with that action and I feel incredibly stupid.. Do you think it is possible that a molt lasts so long, and if yes, what are the chances it will die from my actions.. I have no experience with such long molts with spiders that small.. I have thought though, of a possibility, that it passed on the wall of the enclosure and simply fell down curled on its back.. but I feel chances of that are pretty slim...
Today I turn to you with great sadness.. I suspect that my T. gigas sling has passed. It was a 3/4" sling and it was the first one I ever owned. It has been refusing food for a fortnight, so I suspected premolt. Today I found it on its back so I was excited for a molt. It has not moved from the initial position in about 10 hours now, so I'm thinking it has passed.. I have a set of questions for you now.. Have you ever had a sling so tiny molt so much time?? All of mine have completed it in max 3 hours or so..
I also must tell you the idiotic thing I've done.. I offered it a cut up mealworm yesterday and today, when I saw the spider on its back I saw that it began to mold.. I left it there anyways because I thought its better not to disturb it during molt. It has been 10 hours since, and I have not seen any progress with the molt, so I, in panic, tried to remove the molding mealworm.. I have moved the spider with that action and I feel incredibly stupid.. Do you think it is possible that a molt lasts so long, and if yes, what are the chances it will die from my actions.. I have no experience with such long molts with spiders that small.. I have thought though, of a possibility, that it passed on the wall of the enclosure and simply fell down curled on its back.. but I feel chances of that are pretty slim...