B boehmei Itching?

[Kain Prestwood]

My B boehmei has started to scratch his sides tonight with his IV legs.

Is this a sign of upcoming moult? He's definitely not flicking hairs.

Kain

[mike halewood]

Possibly just grooming?

[Kain Prestwood]

Could be, but his bald bit has gone dark, and he doesn't seem to be eating.

Kain

[mike halewood]

Ah well thems thetell tail signs of a molt. 5 of my T's have all the same symptoms. I just wish one of them would molt.!!

[Ray Hale]

One of the things I noticed years ago was when I bought a tarantula from a show and transfered it to a new home within a week it moulted.

Ive done this many times and recorded the dates etc.

Try changing the substrate on a couple of them. I think that tarantulas have an inbuilt ability to hold off from a moult until they feel they have optimum conditions and they "feel" safe.

Works for me. Hope this helps.

ray

[Colin D Wilson]

Try changing the substrate on a couple of them. I think that tarantulas have an inbuilt ability to hold off from a moult until they feel they have optimum conditions and they "feel" safe.

Good sound advice, i make minute adjustments to the temp and humidity (relying on experience and a certain amount of guesswork ) in two or three day increments, and black out the sliding glass front of my enclosures with black paper. this has worked well in the past.