B.smithi question

Tongue Flicker said:

Hey guys haven't been on for a while. I left my tarantulas at my sister's house for almost 4 months while I was on vacation, when i came over earlier i noticed that the first 2 pair of legs of my 5" female smithi has seemed to 'lost' or faded the red-knees away. The first pair of legs is almost black too, no visible red marks and there's only hints of white marks. She looks and behaves okay but i'm kinda bothered. Is this normal? Anyone else encountered this? Sorry no pic for now but will do once I'm settled in. Thanks!

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cold blood said:

The colors fade a bit as it gets closer to molting, and blackening of the skin on the rump as well as the legs is normal as the new exo grows beneath the old one. Probably just pre-molt is my guess.

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Tongue Flicker said:

so it was indeed in pre-molt.. Just molted yesterday in fact

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