The Gooty Sapphire Ornamental Tree Spider Poecilotheria metallica, a striking arboreal spider from India, and is creating quite a stir.An adult Gooty Sapphire tarantula has an incredible metallic blue colorations on its carapace, abdomen, and legs. Unfortunately 3 days ago I notice some weird movement and after a quick internet search I came to the conclusion that she has Dyskinetic Syndrome based on the twitching, spasms and drunken movement. This includes tarantulas, other spiders, scorpions, other arachnids, centipedes and millipedes, insects and other arthropods. In the wild, molting is a dangerous time for these arachnids because they become vulnerable to prey. I left him/her alone to recover and checked him/her today to see if s/he was ready to eat and s/he seems very weak and unresponsive, which is unusual, normally even right after molting s/he's moving around more than that. I got a Chile Rose tarantula about 4 months ago.he is my first one. I didn't see the actual molt, but, found the exoskeleton and it looked fine. Ever since my tarantula molted its been acting a bit strange. she was starting …
The last digital- the one that took the amazing Nata and Isis on Buddha shots- has been sadly returned to Wal Mart so that the zoo and I could pay rent. I used to lightly touch it's back leg for it to crawl onto my hand. I vow to you, faithful reader, that I will someday buy and KEEP a camera that does not require a connection to my laptop to work. Tarantulas. Yet. You may catch your premolt T laying layer after layer of web in a small area, and some of the new world species will actually kick hairs on the web as a form of protection. Physically now she's huge and appears healthy but she's acting weird. Snakes shed regularly throughout their life to enable growth. Started burrowing as it got cold outside - it refused food for good two weeks as I suspected it’s about to molt. Since molting can be difficult for your tarantula, there are also some special care guidelines that you may want to keep in mind during and after the molting process. For most tarantulas, molting is labor intensive and a stressful experience. Most tarantulas molt every 6 months and some may molt more often then other. Avicularia Avicularia acting weird after molt. He doesn't seem to be unhealthy, i haven't noticed any shrinking in his abdomen but he does have a bald patch on his back.
a couple days after the molt she started to death curl. So my GBB molted (6th molt) on tuesday morning and it looked fine (it was the first molt where the legs get their color so I was excited about that). and he won't let me reach in to get his water dish or anything, he goes straight into defense position if I try. My GBB acting weird after molt and it got me scared, Id like to ask you for some advice Help! `If you have been a subscriber to this blog for more than a day, then you probably know my luck with cameras. so my GBB molted for the first time on Saturday since I got her as a 2nd instar. she was fine up until that point and post molt she was very skittish which is understandable. She's hiding all the time and appears to have a totally different and much more secretive personality. today she has been walking around her tank like normal and sitting around and stuff, but 2 or 3 times today she has curled up a few of her legs under her in what is commonly known as the death curl. A creepy timelapse video shows a pet tarantula laying on its back and shedding its skin to reveal a new pink exoskeleton. My p.regalis acting weird I bought this girl 04/11/2018 and i got her in premolt i think and it kinda looks like she molted but i'm not sure about that.
Shedding usually takes about one to two weeks. Tarantula Questions & Discussions. I have been throwing in extra-large locusts to him because that's what he ate in the pet store. Before your tarantula molts, you may notice some physical and behavioral changes. Female tarantulas live far longer than the males, in some cases, that means from 20–30 years. Pictures and videos are also shared on the boards. Hey guys.