My tarantula has no fangs

le-thomas

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I got this large G. pulchripes a while back. He/she molted a few weeks after my purchase, but hasn't eaten since. It won't take water and has a tiny abdomen. Also, to my surprise, it looks to have no fangs; just reddish flesh and hair. This is puzzling.
Could it just be a MM?
Please help. Thanks :)
 

Hobo

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Check the palps to make sure, male parts are hard to miss.
Got a pic of the mouth we can see?
 

le-thomas

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Unfortunately no. I can try later, but trying to handle and maneuver the T is too difficult and stressful for it, I would imagine.
 

0siris

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try to coax it to walk up the side of it's enclosure with a paintbrush. That way you could snap a picture through the glass without handling the T directly.
 

le-thomas

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try to coax it to walk up the side of it's enclosure with a paintbrush. That way you could snap a picture through the glass without handling the T directly.
thanks. i sort of hope its just a MM but i doubt it
 

tarantulagirl10

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Mature males tarantulas have fangs. So, if it doesn't have fangs, it's not because it is or isn't a MM.
 

Arachnoholic

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Were there any complications with the molt? Or has there been anything "traumatic" to happen since then. Because the only thing that I can think of for not having fangs would be they were "removed" somehow. T's are pretty fragile... Did it have fangs when you bought it??
 
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