Tarantula Stuck in Its Molt? Look Here for Advice

[Brewser]

Post some pictures of 'Rosie' when You are able.
Hope everything came off without a Hitch, literally.

 

[Fozi]

I'm happy this thread exists, thank you.

I'm writing this because you were saying you don't know if it's possible to help if the chelicerae get stuck. Well that's kind of what happened. My Amazonius germani fling had the carapace part popped off, it's abdomen and the four back legs out, but was stuck with the face, four front legs and the pedipalps. It was barely moving and made no progress for 20+ minutes. I tried to free the legs first, but it was very hard. One of the legs got bent and I got two more out but unfortunately both pedipalps and one leg came off. I did the two that came out ok by sliding off the legs separately, it kind of worked, but it was very hard, as in, there is a point where it lets go of the skin that is very close to tearing off the leg. Once it released it will come off (slowly, but with less force). So be very very patient. Some loop/skirt was still on the legs, but I could get those off with some patience as well.

So now I looked very carefully and checked what came off and what did not, and as the top of the carapace was gone I held the spider (right way up) with a brush and pushed the chelicerae part gently forward. After a bit of wiggling it moved forward and pivoted down, and it came off fine. One of the fangs looks a bit bent but the other seems fine.

I really hope it will recover, the spider is alive, reacting, but just lying there. As I'm writing this I'm giving it some time to relax before I put it back into it's terrarium.

I'm not sure if my strategy to get the legs out first was the right one. In hindsight, if I popped off the chelicerae part first, the legs might have come out together.

I'm also not sure what you meant with the sucking stomach part. I hope it's out, or that the spider can get it out by itself. I really hope it makes it as it is a very active and cute little guy.

 

[TheraMygale]

I'm happy this thread exists, thank you.

I'm writing this because you were saying you don't know if it's possible to help if the chelicerae get stuck. Well that's kind of what happened. My Amazonius germani fling had the carapace part popped off, it's abdomen and the four back legs out, but was stuck with the face, four front legs and the pedipalps. It was barely moving and made no progress for 20+ minutes. I tried to free the legs first, but it was very hard. One of the legs got bent and I got two more out but unfortunately both pedipalps and one leg came off. I did the two that came out ok by sliding off the legs separately, it kind of worked, but it was very hard, as in, there is a point where it lets go of the skin that is very close to tearing off the leg. Once it released it will come off (slowly, but with less force). So be very very patient. Some loop/skirt was still on the legs, but I could get those off with some patience as well.

So now I looked very carefully and checked what came off and what did not, and as the top of the carapace was gone I held the spider (right way up) with a brush and pushed the chelicerae part gently forward. After a bit of wiggling it moved forward and pivoted down, and it came off fine. One of the fangs looks a bit bent but the other seems fine.

I really hope it will recover, the spider is alive, reacting, but just lying there. As I'm writing this I'm giving it some time to relax before I put it back into it's terrarium.

I'm not sure if my strategy to get the legs out first was the right one. In hindsight, if I popped off the chelicerae part first, the legs might have come out together.

I'm also not sure what you meant with the sucking stomach part. I hope it's out, or that the spider can get it out by itself. I really hope it makes it as it is a very active and cute little guy.

the sucking stomach part is a word used to sum together a tube the connects three parts. A member posted about this recently.

Sucking stomach

So I've never personally had a T that mis moulted and lost there sucking stomach, until now, I think. So my Avicularia Juruensis M2 sling ¹/²" has a bad moult some was stuck on its abdomen including the spinnerets, with some perseverance and cotton buds it's fine now, or so I thought. So this...

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the thing is, when tarantulas molt on their own, we dont always see this element because the molt gets destroyed or dries up.

use the search bar to see photos of this “sucking stomach molt”. You will get a broad view.

at this point, your tarantula went through a hard molt. It will need time to rest.

please post photos of your molt and tarantula. You can maybe start a new thread talking about your experience. With the photos.

its interesting.

a good fang can still possibly allow a tarantula to feed. You’ll need to be patient.

even if you did see the remains of what is called “sucking stomach” when refering to a molt, it doesnt prove anything. Unless you were to dissect your tarantula to look inside. Do tests where you can analyse if nutrients and fluids are being absorbed.

we assume many things, being keepers. But we are not scientists. We try to help each other out. There are limits to what we can confirm. Most times, its a lot of trial and error.

 

[Fozi]

Here are some pictures of it resting. You can barely see it, the right (it's left) fang is not tucked in, it's hanging down, but it can move it. When I took the macro image it got annoyed and moved it around.

That said before the molt I could not have left it in the open as you can see it now, it would have bolted away. It is moving, but it has visibly problems moving with only two functional front legs. I will definitely have to hand-feed it.

 

[TheraMygale]

Here are some pictures of it resting. You can barely see it, the right (it's left) fang is not tucked in, it's hanging down, but it can move it. When I took the macro image it got annoyed and moved it around.

That said before the molt I could not have left it in the open as you can see it now, it would have bolted away. It is moving, but it has visibly problems moving with only two functional front legs. I will definitely have to hand-feed it.

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It definitely looks like it went through hard times. This tarantula is going to need a lot of tlc…

what was its feeding habit? It has a large abdomen for post molt. It might make it through a new molt, quicker then later, to regenerate. Youll have to make sure you provide water.

i recommend you start a new thread to discuss its care and evolution.