G. rosea post molt advice

[Matthew Davies]

HI ive just checked on my gravid r rosea and she has shed, this happened at some point during the last 4 days. (like i didnt see that one coming lol) any way the shed seems to have went fine exept there is a large piece of her old abdomen still attached to to the top of her abdomen, I was wondering what i should do about this ,im tempted to up humidity and try and remove it my self but im afraid ill tear her abdomon, any suggestions ?

mattie

[Mrs Linda Street]

Hi Matthew, we've had that a couple of times, albeit small pieces. It wouldn't hurt to increase the humidity and give it a couple of days, or try moistening it using a soft paintbrush.

[Stanley A. Schultz]

HI ive just checked on my gravid r rosea and she has shed, this happened at some point during the last 4 days. (like i didnt see that one coming lol) any way the shed seems to have went fine exept there is a large piece of her old abdomen still attached to to the top of her abdomen, ...

Just leave it alone. Anything you do to remove it isn't worth the risk of hurting her. She'll either remove it herself, or it'll fall off all by itself, or it'll be shed next spring with the current exoskeleton.

BTW, the fact that she has shed in March indicates that she's made a transition from a southern hemisphere timetable to a northern hemisphere one. If you try to mate her, be sure to use a male that has also made that transition so they'll both be working on the same shift.

[Matthew Davies]

Hi Matthew, we've had that a couple of times, albeit small pieces. It wouldn't hurt to increase the humidity and give it a couple of days, or try moistening it using a soft paintbrush.

thanks linda checked on it yesterday and it had removed it

BTW, the fact that she has shed in March indicates that she's made a transition from a southern hemisphere timetable to a northern hemisphere one. If you try to mate her, be sure to use a male that has also made that transition so they'll both be working on the same shift

cheers Stan I received 4 females and a mature male around 6 weeks ago, I put these straight into spartan dry cages with nothing but a water bowl, into a cupboard which i kept in complete darkness, the temp was around 70f,around 2 weeks ago I removed them, slightly dampened substrate, added a hide and placed them into my heated cabinet were temps are at a constant 77f, since removing the suspected gravid female has shed another female is in pre molt, the male made its first sperm web (that I noticed), the other two females are eating anything that moves, im planning on feeding all up and introducing the male in early may, only worry I have is I dont know the age of the male, fingers crossed though

btw Stan
is there any news on the 3rd edition of the TKG? im still waiting on amazon delivering mine ( cant wait the 2nd edition was my bible when i first got into Ts)

Mattie

[Mrs Linda Street]

Good news about the rest of the moult coming away then Matthew, I think you'll find that the males have got quite a long use by date lol

[Matthew Davies]

Good news about the rest of the moult coming away then Matthew, I think you'll find that the males have got quite a long use by date lol

ah good these roseas dont seem to do anything fast do they lol