obt sling molt problems

[Drew Acton]

hi all my obt sling seems to be taking a long time to molt is been 24 hours now any advice on how to help the little fella or let him be?

[Mark Shingleton]

their was another post like this last week, a chilie rose got stuck. some one advised taking the t in the bathroom and shuting all doors and windows and turning shower on full.
dont know if this helps. . .

[Brian goosen]

The most common reason for a T to have a problem with molting is most likely to little moisture in the enclosure, I had the same with one of mine a while ago, I misted very carefully around it as close as possible without getting it directly on it, a few minutes after that he was out and fine… that was my own initiative, worked for me. Good luck.

[wayne balcombe]

as Brian says, increasing the humidity may have beneficial effects if a problem is experienced during the molting process but the best cure is always prevention, its not always down to the level of humidity in the enclosure as some species live on an almost completely dry substrate and humidity is still relatively low in the burrows and experience no problems molting. from what i've read and seen mentioned on here a few times the general hydration of the spider plays a significant part in a successful molt, if the spider is a little dehydrated it may have difficulty escaping from the old skin.

though we can do everything in our power as keepers to reduce the possibility of our spiders having problems during a molt, there will inevitably be a few that will be problematic regardless of our efforts.

[Drew Acton]

she didnt make it i misted her enclosure but she only managed to get one or to legs out last night found her this morning half in half out and no life

[wayne balcombe]

Sorry to hear that drew. try not to feel too disheartened mate, as i said in my previous post, sometimes there is just nothing we can do to reach a positive outcome.

[Drew Acton]

thanks for the advise.on the plus side i got a h.gigas sling yesterday so i hope i have better luck with this monster.

[Dan Kennard]

Sorry to hear about your loss. In cases such as this, misting the enclosure/substrate rarely does any good to be honest.

The most common reason for a T to have a problem with molting is most likely to little moisture in the enclosure, I had the same with one of mine a while ago, I misted very carefully around it as close as possible without getting it directly on it, a few minutes after that he was out and fine… that was my own initiative, worked for me. Good luck.

I disagree. Many specemins will moult perfectly fine in an enclosure with a low-moderate relative humidity. I've personally kept Theraphosa sp. successfully in bone dry conditions.

Internal hydration is far more important to the process ecdysis.

[Brian goosen]

Sorry to hear about that…

[Brian goosen]

Sorry to hear about your loss. In cases such as this, misting the enclosure/substrate rarely does any good to be honest.



I disagree. Many specemins will moult perfectly fine in an enclosure with a low-moderate relative humidity. I've personally kept Theraphosa sp. successfully in bone dry conditions.

Internal hydration is far more important to the process ecdysis.

As I said, it is a common reason, not the only one, I myself have only started with the T’s about 2 years ago, I don’t have the knowledge I would like to have yet, and we are all still learning…
However thank you for pointing that out. You learn something new every day...

[Dan Kennard]

I've just re-read what I wrote, and I think that I could have worded it better. It reads in a different tone than what I meant - Sorry.

In my experience though, ambient humidity doesn't have a great bearing in moulting success - In fact, the only moulting problems I've experienced were with spiders which were housed in relatively high humidity.

[Brian goosen]

Hi,

No hard feelings, it is very interesting to me to hear about your moulting problems with a high humidity, I would like to hear more about it and what can be done to help in a case like that if anything.

Thanks.