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    Bent leg after moult

    One of my P.Striata females has moulted (I think). Not seen her since I had her 2 months ago and now she's out all the time.
    She has a baddy leg The bottom part of her 4th right leg and foot are bent backwards. All the other feet are touching the side of her tub as usual, but the bent one is actual bending the other way. I expect she might drop the leg and regrow it next moult, or just moult as normal. It doesn't seem to be bothering her at all.

    Just thought I'd see if anyone had experienced this with their T's before.

    Sorry about quality of pics :hmm:

    Proud owner of 100+ Beautiful T's and other pets
    Tags: bent, leg, moult
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    well leanne, i can safely say that i have never seen that before. if its causing her no distress, the only thing i would suggest is waiting till her next moult and see if it rectifies itself
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    • #3
      I suggest leaving the leg how it is and hoping that it rectifies itself too. If she was in any serious pain I think she may have bitten the leg off. Spiders often use this technique when under attack from scorpions or bees (i.e. lose a leg to live) knowing that it will regenerate at their next moult.

      Best of luck,

      Steven
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      • #4
        i had something similar with an A iodius sling of less than a cm diameter. i figured the next moult would sort it, so left it alone. sadly, this caused the spider to be trapped by its next moult, and though i tried to extract it, it died soon after.
        if i'd taken the leg off before, that spider may still be alive. however, if that's an adult spider, you may have better luck with it then i did!
        not necessarily saying it's best to remove the leg, just saying what happened when i didn't.
        hopefully you won't have that trouble...the spider may be smart enough to take the leg off itself before or during the moult.
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        • #5
          Hi
          Leave it alone and it will sort itself out. Had the same sort of thing a little while back with an X. immanis
          http://www.the-t-store.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=614&hl=immanis

          but it turned out alright in the end (see later pics in this thread)
          http://www.the-t-store.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=6061&hl=immanis


          Never did see that money from Leon and Guy.

          cheers
          Chris

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