Glasgow Andrew Needs Urgent Assistance with a moulting situation

[Andrew Murdoch]

Hey you guys,
my Chile Rose is in moult right now, it is on its back and I have been checking it regularly. It has not moved in quite some time, like say 3 hours. Is this normal. Its just this is the first time that my Chile Rose has moulted since I got it. It has a 3 1/2 inch leg span ( just to give you an idea of the size) also the humidity is round about 70%. It was far lower when i first saw it and I decided to get the humidity up. It was round about 50%.
Hope to hear from your experiences.

[James Box]

no worries mate. don't panic! all is more than likely normal and ok. just try not to bother your spider as it needs peace and quiet for now!

[Colin D Wilson]

Hi Andrew.

Answers very simple, leave it to get on with it,
if you can leave it alone in the room it's in, then all the better, as minimal disturbance is what it needs.

I know it may be a tense time for you as it's the first time moulting in your care but everything should be ok. G. rosea are a hardy species.

[Louise~Nichols]

Your spidey will be fine...my Rosea RCF's have taken anything upto 18 hours to get on with it!!

If I'm concerned about the air being too dry, I simply wet up a piece of kitchen towel, roll it into a wad, then lay it a little way from the spid (being careful not to disturb them. Then when moult is done I simply remove the tissue again.

[Mark Pajak]

Hi Andrew,

I think you are alright - once I set up a video camera with a 4 hour tape to record a moult overnight. In the morning the whole tape was used up and the spider was motionless on its back that whole time, by the morning shed shed fine though leaving me with a boring 4 hours!

[Peter Lacey]

Ts don't die on their backs, reassuring isn't it. The process of molting can take anything from a few hours to a couple of days. You'll probably observe some movement if you can see it but you should be prepared to leave it alone for a week whilst it molts and its new body hardens.
The only thing you need to make sure of is there's no live food in there and you have your water bowl topped up.

[Clinton Hogben]

Hi Andrew
Chill your little baby knows what she is doing but we all worry every time they moult. I have had many different "T",s over the last 20 years or so and as mentioned a moult can take anything from a few hours to a couple of days
So just give her some peace and quiet and all will be well
dont worry about the lack of humidity G Rosea are pretty tolerant of a bit of dryness as long as she has a water bowl in with her all will be well

Look forward to seeing pics of her when she is finished

good luck

Clinton