X. immanis molting

[Sheri]

Been waiting a long time for this one.... premolt purgatory.

Made the molting bed roughly 45 minutes ago, (7:00 PM CST) tried to kick some hairs onto the bed. Tried because it was already very bald.

I will continue to update.

[David Burns]

It's about time. :) I want her to be nice and big so she'll be ready for one of my males. I would suggest power feeding her. ;)

[Sheri]

I'm thinking this is a male.

90% sure... crappy news. Of course, will know for sure when I see the skin.

[David Burns]

That is bad news. I'm sure you'll check this molt. My fingers are crossed.

[Sheri]

Ok, the pics suck but I wanted to finish the thread.

By 1 AM he had crawled out... a relatively fast molt it seemed.

This morning when I checked on it again, he had destoryed the skin.

[Bean]

So from the time he flipped over it was like 6 hours to finish?

[Sheri]

6 hours and 11 minutes actually.

Not too shabby!

[Bean]

I really should have asked in my previous post.. where's the legspan at?

[Sheri]

I'll let you know after its finished the stretch routine... hard to say right now. Initially, it looks as though it didn't put on as much size as I had anticipated, but its too early to say.

[bagheera]

Perhaps it is overly invasive.... But if I am nearby I will pull the molt as soon the spider clears it. That way I can lay it out as in vivo and it will harden up that way! *Maybe* I am wicked, but they can then be left in a drawer in the office.......