My Mexican Red Knee sling

[Leanne King-Smith]

Here is my B.Smithi sling El Guapo. He is about 1cm. I think he's about to moult.


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[patsyking]

Awww, El Guapo............so cute!

[Traci Barker]

very sweet

[andy hood]

gorgeous lil sling leanne

[Leanne King-Smith]

Thanks all

[Dave Freeman]

Nice spiders are red knees despite the popularity of them.

[Paul Gee]

Hi.

I know this thread is a little old now and I was just wondering how often do Brachy slings molt??. I have had mine for a month now and it is still quite small, I think it hatched late November or early December this year.

Thanks

[patsyking]

Brachy slings I've had have moulted roughly at 2 month intervals. As they get bigger they will molt less often. Also it depends on how often you feed it. I fed mine once a week with one cricket.

[Paul Gee]

Thanks patsyking.

I have tried to feed mine 2 cricks per week for over 2 weeks and the spider is just not interested, that's why I assume it could be coming into a molt. Saying that though, the abdomen has been a pretty dark colour for about 2 weeks now which suggests it could be in pre-molt stage.

I was just wondering how long it is before the baby does molt and how often. Now that I have some idea from your reply, I guess I will just have to sit, watch and wait for a molt.

Thanks for replying. I appreciate it.