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    GBB moulted.

    My GBB moulted again last night, overnight I'll post some pics as soon as I can get some. Right now she is still in her hammock beside her old skin.
    Proud owner of 48 Tarantulas and other pets.
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  • #2
    nice! how big is it now?
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    • #3
      I guess with the legs all spread out she was about the size of a 50p piece but right now she still looks about the same size and sitting next to her old skin so I can't tell how big she is yet until she comes out of her hammock which is really thick. As soon as she is out and about I'll take some pics and post them in the pic section. My daughter had hers about a week before I had mine and we think they were from the same batch as they were the same size and moutled almost at the same time this time and last time.
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      • #4
        seems likely!
        probably just stretching out a bit now...you'll see a size difference after
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        • #5
          I've just walked past her and she has moved a little. I can already see how much longer her legs are, I'd say not far off twice as long as before! I don't know how long she will stay in the hammock for though. She's one that likes it up the top more than down on the ground.
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          • #6
            nice little growth spurt then
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            • #7
              I'm surprised that she did moult after all.

              Well you did spot the signs, I just didn't quite believe it would happen again this soon.

              Maybe I should feed mine more
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              • #8
                nice one mate i cant wait to get mine
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                • #9
                  I was feeding her on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. On the last day she ate she only ate half the cricket and then a couple of days later she started building her hammock and there she stayed and hasn't come down from it since .
                  Basically she moulted the first time on March 10th then ate as normal until 5th April and then went up and started building her hammock and stayed there and moulted on 15th May. Once again though she has attached her web to the opening part of the lid and the vents around the top on the one end are also full of web attached to the hammock so I'm going to have difficulty feeding her again by trying not to break the web if she keeps going back up into it. I've got a bigger tank ready and waiting for her but she won't be big enough for it until after another moult.
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                  • #10
                    wow, that's frequent feeding...well they are voracious eaters.
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                    • #11
                      yes... I feed mine a third of that but I'm going to double it up from now.

                      Btw, the straw thing didn't work but kates suggestion of cutting up a straw and leaving them in there worked great
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Tom Forman View Post
                        I'm surprised that she did moult after all.

                        Well you did spot the signs, I just didn't quite believe it would happen again this soon.

                        Maybe I should feed mine more
                        one downside to that tom, yes you can feed them more to make them moult more frequently, but each time they do this, they are shortening their life expectancy. moulting jus once a year means they should live their fulle xpectancy
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                        • #13
                          its a shame she not a bit older i got a mm here desperate to continue his blood line!!
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                          • #14
                            Both my daughters have GBBs too so maybe one day we can get them together
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