Moulting problems (any suggestions)

[steve Trim]

My 9yr old female brachypelma albopilosum shed a few weeks ago. when she came out of her burrow to feed I noticed her old carapace is still attached and the back and sticking up at about 45 degrees. she fed fine but I was wondering what the best thing to do is?
Should I leave it and increase the humidity and hope it falls of.
I'm not confident removing it is a good idea, but I've not encountered this in my 5 yrs of T keeping.

Steve

[Simon Batten]

water is good to soften it from my limited knowledge but I think if it drys out then its very hard to get off if not impossible, dont just take my word for it though but I was reading about it in a book

[Stuart Baker]

If it's just the carapace I'd be tempted to leave it alone as it shouldn't interfere with anything vital? I'd imagine it'll come off with the next shed.

P.S. my e-mail's on the blink Steve, so if you've sent me anything over the last few days I'm afraid it's lost in cyberspace!

[Becca Millott]

You can try a wet paintbrush and see if it'll come off.