goliath Theraphosa blondi

[John Boyd]

hi there
a wee question,i just got Theraphosa blondi female and she has only seven legs shes about 9 or 10" leg span, it is the right side closest to
the abdomen ,i think you call it leg IV will it grow back after a moult or
two the guy i bought it from said she lost it in her last moult.

cheers for any info

john

[Andrew Ferguson]

Stan Schultz's book, page 32 and 33, show a tarantula that has lost legs II and IV (pg 32) and then a picture of the sam tearantula three years later with the legs fully restored.

[Craig Mackay]

As far as I'm aware she should grow her leg back over two or three moults. I may be wrong but at that size she may not have many moults left though. Fingers crossed for her though.

[Kate Arbon]

I have had several spiders which had 7 legs when I got them and they all grew them back. They were slings tho. But an adult T should grow theirs back too, just might take a few moults before it is the same size as all the others, it will look a bit skinny til then.

[Peter Roach]

I have an adult Ornithoctoninae G. sp. "Orange Fringed" which had 7 legs when got her last year. She now has 8 full sized functional legs after 2 molts.

[John Boyd]

Goliath Bird Theraphosa blondi

thanx for all the info just made a wee mistake with her size
just measured her and she is only 7" she just looks so big compaired
to all other Ts.

cheers john

[Craig Mackay]

thanx for all the info just made a wee mistake with her size
just measured her and she is only 7" she just looks so big compaired
to all other Ts.

cheers john

Excellent, thats good news. You shouldn't have any worries about it growing back now