'Odd' spot on T. Stirmi abdomen.

[SBeekman]

Well, I know not to trust sellers at all, but according to him, she should be 14 months old now.

Anyway, things don't seem to get better. Using a brush with water on her abdomen only made things worse. At least, it looks worse.

[Fran]

Hi

First off, I would need to know her size but I highly doubt shes 14 months old. They grow fast, but I still doubt it.
Second, you have absolutely nothing to worry about. Thats a typical Theraphosa spot on her abdomen due to hair flicking and leg rubbing when "cleaning" themselves.
The color of the skin underneath as well as the overal color shows no signs of premolt (At least not coming any time soon). The brighter and the more red the skin appears, the "fresher" they are with the molt cycle.

[SBeekman]

Hi

First off, I would need to know her size but I highly doubt shes 14 months old. They grow fast, but I still doubt it.
Second, you have absolutely nothing to worry about. Thats a typical Theraphosa spot on her abdomen due to hair flicking and leg rubbing when "cleaning" themselves.
The color of the skin underneath as well as the overal color shows no signs of premolt (At least not coming any time soon). The brighter and the more red the skin appears, the "fresher" they are with the molt cycle.

Thanks a lot for taking the time to check this out. Feel very much relieved. I have nothing in my house to measure her at the moment, but I'm visiting my mom tomorrow and she'll probably have some tools. All I can give right now is a rough size comparison between my finger and her. Was taken a few weeks ago. The seller did have an exact date on paper on when she was born and the molts, but well... As I've learned, rule nr. 1 is to never trust petshop sellers (and this shop was specialized in reptiles on top of that).


I've cleaned the glass since then and added more substrate, by the way.

[SBeekman]

The spot is getting bigger rapidly. Though I've seen her grooming lately. Just not sure if it's something I should worry about. I'm quite paranoid when it comes to my T. and want her as healthy as possible. If this is nothing problematic, just ignore this post.

The white spots you see are just glass where there's not substrate. She's been burrowing very deep.

[grayzone]

as stated that red/pink spot is nothin to worry about. thats from all the hairs being kicked and rubbed off when its irritated. good news is now that i see all that pink, im not worried about the black nasty spot earlier in this thread. i dont see anything threatening or crucial in this newest pic. no cysts .. all looks ok.. leave it alone for a while and give it a chance to calm down

[wesker12]

The spot is getting bigger rapidly. Though I've seen her grooming lately. Just not sure if it's something I should worry about. I'm quite paranoid when it comes to my T. and want her as healthy as possible. If this is nothing problematic, just ignore this post.

The white spots you see are just glass where there's not substrate. She's been burrowing very deep.
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Perfectly normal, I wouldn't worry the least about this.

[SBeekman]

A bit late, had forgotten to check back, but thanks for the replies, guys. The spot's gotten a bit bigger now, but she's doing just fine. I now clean her abdomen at least once a week when I see there's dried poo or other dirt there, and she's become more comfortable with me doing that. Good or bad idea?

[grayzone]

cant say either way... does it appear irritated when youre doing it? does it kick more hair, or go into a stress curl? signs like that make the answer obvious... if he/she doesnt appear to be irritated, i dont see the harm

[Slevin]

Unnecessary in my opinion. The only benefit I could possibly see would be preventing the dreaded "poo plug" I've read about a few times here where tarantulas died from what seemed like constipation and many reported the anus being caked or plugged by poop. I have no idea whether that was really what caused them to die however.