volcanopele
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My 2.5" G. pulchripes is currently in molt but it seems to be stuck. It was flipped over when I woke up about 7 hours ago and it started molting for real a little after 10am, so about 3.5 hours ago. As far as I can tell, the molt was proceeding just fine until around noon, when it stopped progress, which was about an hour and a half ago. It hasn't really moved at all in the last hour. Its old carapace is off and at least two legs and both chelicerae are out of the molt, but at least three legs on one side, an unknown number on the other and perhaps its pedipalps are still stuck. It also doesn't look white and freshly pliable like it did when it was in the middle of working on its molt. I'm also not sure how well the old exoskeleton has detached from the abdomen.
I'm not sure if I should intervene or continue leaving it alone. I'm also not positive on what I need to do to help it out considering its small size. It is also possible that since this is my first molt to happen when I'm awake and where I can watch it that I'm overly fretful and I should stop worrying...
I'm not sure if I should intervene or continue leaving it alone. I'm also not positive on what I need to do to help it out considering its small size. It is also possible that since this is my first molt to happen when I'm awake and where I can watch it that I'm overly fretful and I should stop worrying...
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