T. blondi Molt

[TabbieNorton]

I love the miracle of a moult. I have 8 Theraphosa and one of my semi beat up, dehydrated rescue T. blondi just make it through her molt and she looks FANTASTIC. I do want to share this with you. Sometimes it amazes me the tarantula waiting for you under the old skin. I will take more when she is fully hardened up. Here is the story of Ratty Sue the Theraphosa blondi, when I brought her home to freshly moulted.

5-6” female T. blondi – “Ratty Sue”


As you can see her abdomen is not in the best shape.


Abdomen...

[TabbieNorton]

The moult itself.


Everything is there….pumping stomach, esophagus and with this shot easily you can see she is a girl in the half moon flap between the upper book lungs.


The business side…fangs etc.

[TabbieNorton]

Now for the good stuff!!! Here she is…deep dark smooth chocolate. Boy is she ever pretty now! She showed us. Interesting thing she did not get a whole lot bigger…perhaps she just really needed a molt..


Up close of her lovely face and eyes. I think Anette is right…she will need a new name. Nothing at all ratty about her.

[Phil Rea]

What a difference! She's a very nice spider

[TabbieNorton]

Thank you Phil, I am so proud of her! I have had a lot come through tough molts but this one..well...she is a show stopper.

[mike halewood]

Wow, what in incredible looking Spider. I hope my T. blondi grows up to be as nice.

Mike

[Dave Gunter]

lovely Tabbie, mine has just moulted and i'm waiting for her(?) to come out of her hide so i can see what the difference is like, i know she's not as big as yours though.

[LanceHutchings]

A swan from and ugly duckling .. so to speak !!

Lance

[Johanna Turner]

If only I could work such miracles with my appearance by moulting my skin!

Lol!

It's crazy to see what a difference it makes though isn't it?

[TabbieNorton]

Thanks everyone. I just love the miracle of molting and I am particularly proud of this girl.

I have an A. genic molt as well that I photojournaled. Perhaps I will post that as well.

[Daniel Carpenter]

Thats a very nice spider ya got there ...i have got one coming soon....lol....i cant wait...
Dan.

[Imano Zubillaga Rodriguez]

This is my subadult male.Greetings.

[Daniel Carpenter]

wow....he is beautiful... love the hairy legs...:P
Dan.

[TabbieNorton]

Oh that little Sub-Adult male is ADORABLE! Here are a couple of a BIG WC male I have...he is about 7"...his name is Lucky #7 since he is missing a leg.

I know I said slings only but look it how cute he is…this is my male 6-7” T. blondi Lucky #7…he gave me puppy dog eyes so I gave him a roach

He says, thanks Momma that roach is deeeeLISH

[Daniel Carpenter]

Very nice agian ... i do like this T. blondi
Dan.