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My Rosie avocado has been in premolt for six months now, and I started to wonder how long other people have had to wait for a molt when you notice it's in premolt. So who can top six months?
As it was a female purchase from a pet store, she had a bald spot on her which was fleshy pink when I got her. Six months ago it darkened to almost black and she has sort of barricaded herself in Her burrow wih a thin veil of silk. I see her out in the open osometimes, but her abdomen bald spot is still almost black.How do you know it's premolt and not an impatient owner? When does the meter start running: when you think it should molt, or when it's body decides it's time? There's other reasons some of them stop eating.
Ten months for a sling that big? Dang. Glad she's okay.I had a .5" rosie sling go for 10 months of denying food before it molted. It was crazy, especially since it was just a little sling. Now it's 1" and is back to a normal molting schedule.
I think my sling's doing the same thing hahaI had a .5" rosie sling go for 10 months of denying food before it molted. It was crazy, especially since it was just a little sling. Now it's 1" and is back to a normal molting schedule.
I think its the mirror patch that is found in some species of tarantulas. Anyways i also see it on my G.Pulchripes ever since this molt and it doesnt bother him/her.I have had my Rosie(Shelia) since Sept. and she came with a weird looking patch on her abdomen that looks like dirt. I have seen this in pictures of other rosies and still have no idea what it is..
You're not wrong and I think this might have something to do with the OP's roseas circumstance, perhaps because of hemispheric shift it has been in premoult for a long time.G.Roseas go under a condition called hemishperic shift or something like that please correct me if im wrong
Hemispheric shift is possible for any wild caught animal that gets shipped to the opposite hemisphere. If they're in spring in the wild (warming with longer days), and then go to the other half of the world where it's suddenly autumn (cooling with shorter days) their internal cycles can be thrown off for a while. They missed summer altogether. Or they may be in autumn and go into spring, and never have a winter rest period. The further from the equator, the greater the adjustment the spider would have to go thru, as the differences in temperatures and length of days are more extreme.G.Roseas go under a condition called hemishperic shift or something like that please correct me if im wrong.
Now it's just kind of a pain because t has been so long, and I would enjoy being able to sex the molt to be sure. This girl is my most finky little bug, too.Not even my Psycho avic can top her when she's in a bad mood. She's either cuddly sweet or a murderous psychopath. It sucks having to remove Uneaten prey because she changes on a dime.You're not wrong and I think this might have something to do with the OP's roseas circumstance, perhaps because of hemispheric shift it has been in premoult for a long time.
Very interesting though, what you describe is classic premoult behaviour, barricading in the burrow, black abdomen, and it's been going on for six months? Pretty impressive even for a rosea!
I've never had to wait longer than a month (except for my roseas) for my Ts to moult, something about the humidity here makes them go through the process fairly quickly
"Almost" doesn't count very much. I've been fooled by them as well. It's gotta be jet black. Many of those that we've had over the years would darken appreciably and not molt seemingly forever. I'd eventually give up worrying about them, and they'd molt the next day!As it was a female purchase from a pet store, she had a bald spot on her which was fleshy pink when I got her. Six months ago it darkened to almost black and she has sort of barricaded herself in Her burrow wih a thin veil of silk. I see her out in the open osometimes, but her abdomen bald spot is still almost black.
I have three smithis and two avics. I don't need any more to play with. XDGo get yourself a different tarantula, maybe a B. albopilosum for instance, to play with and leave your rosy to her personal crisis