Can T's grow their legs back?

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OxDionysus

Arachnobaron
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I rescued a OBT from the local pet shop, it's about 3" and is missing its back 2 legs, and im sure it has 2 broken legs. The girl working there told me that they can grow them back after they molt, but I wasn't too sure. The only thing I thought grew legs back was types of salamanders.

Will this litttle fella grow it's legs back?
 
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7mary3

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Yes,

but only if you use the search function.

They're funny like that.
 
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equuskat

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Example, Aphonopelma hentzi juvenile male.

Lost 3 legs immediately post molt on 5/8/08...

When he molted on 6/23/08, the legs were regenerated to full size, but still looked a little bit different.
 
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Remigius

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it will. Sometimes it needs 2 molts for them to be fully recovered.
 
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equuskat

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pretty cool, huh? hehe

I love those before and after pics of that T. His name is "Keeper".
 
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insekta

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Yes, they will grow back. As stated above it can take a couple of molts for them to be perfectly normal legs.

About the two legs that are "broken," how so? Are they mangled? At odd positions? Are they leaking any fluid? Could they just be from a bad molt? I'd be more concerned about the legs it still has. If they're leaking you need to icu it. If they're not, you need to watch it carefully so that the legs don't accidentally get caught in something and cause more damage. Also it could affect it's future molts.
 
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