Flat Genic!

[Jay Howdle]

Dont know if you can shed any light on this perculiar behaviour but I have a 4" A. Geniculata which i've had from a sling, she is now 4" after her last moult which was last week, until then she has always moulted out perfectly and is a pleasure to own. I have never had any problem with her feeding, moulting etc until this time.
When she moulted last week, I found her after the moult laid completely flat, just like spreading your hand flat in a flat surface! She looked so perculiar but when prompted she happilly moved off. I have kept a constant watch on her & everytime I check her she is flat. Today I checked her and she is laid flat out in her tank! She just looks like a 3D ornament.
I usually ask my son about T problems but he is at school & I am impatient lol.
Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks,
Jay

[James Box]

i might be wrong, but as long as she's alive, i reckon she's letting the new exoskeleton hardne, perhaps?
or maybe she felt cramped and is enjoying a nice long stretch?
just a guess...but if she looks in one piece and is alive, then i'd not worry too much.

[Rebecca Carter]

My Rosea does this after she moults lol looks so odd. She stretches out and lays flat to the substrate. Actually kind of creepy
My other T's don't do this, I have no idea why she does it either so I'm not much help I'm afraid.
Maybe its a girl thing, when we get a new pair of jeans we like to stretch them in
Bex

[Jay Howdle]

Now shes on her log bark just as if she's been dropped, so weird. She is laid completely flat with all 8 legs flopped around it, i'll try and get some pictures of her.

[Rebecca Carter]

"She is laid completely flat with all 8 legs flopped around it"

LOL..sorry, but that was so funny, I can imagine how she looks now
She is prob thinking, blimey, that was knackering!

Bex

[Michael Bryzak]

a lot of the T's i used to have did this after molting so is normal. Guess they must be stretching or hardening their skin.

[Mark Pennell]

Dont know if you can shed any light on this perculiar behaviour but I have a 4" A. Geniculata which i've had from a sling, she is now 4" after her last moult which was last week, until then she has always moulted out perfectly and is a pleasure to own. I have never had any problem with her feeding, moulting etc until this time.
When she moulted last week, I found her after the moult laid completely flat, just like spreading your hand flat in a flat surface! She looked so perculiar but when prompted she happilly moved off. I have kept a constant watch on her & everytime I check her she is flat. Today I checked her and she is laid flat out in her tank! She just looks like a 3D ornament.
I usually ask my son about T problems but he is at school & I am impatient lol.
Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks,
Jay

Jay
Everyone is quite correct, this is normal behaviour, they are just streching and hardening off.. It will be fine, only get worried if the legs are curling under it... which is the beginnings of the classic death pose.


Cheers
M

[Sonny Howdle]

mum, you wally, why dident you ask me? like everyone said, rio is just stretching and getting her exo hard ready for dinner. you make me laugh.
love sonny xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Colin D Wilson]

Now that's told you Jay !!!!

[Jeremy D. Hoge]

Just trying to get as big as she can get for you. She wants to make you proud. Congrats and a good molt.