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P. muticus regular pre molt behavior or something else?
Edit: The title should say pre molt, not post molt. If any moderators could change it I would be grateful.
I's still very early so I'm not really worried yet, but I figured it's no harm to throw it out there right?
I've had a 1-1.5 inch P. muticus sling for a few weeks now and it has pretty much behaved the same since I got it. Constantly perfecting it's burrow or sitting in the entrance waiting for prey. When I first saw it emerging from it's burrow a week after I got it, I saw that it was so fat it looked like it was close to bursting, and someone here commented on a photo I uploaded that it looked like it would molt soon, so I haven't fed it since.
Until yesterday that is. It was sitting in the burrow's entrance like it used to while I was feeding the rest of my T's and when I was done with the others I had one tiny dubia nymph left in the feeder box, much smaller than what I would normally feed it, so I thought it can't do much harm to try, so I threw it in. The T didn't eat it but didn't flee either. The dubia disappeared into the burrow before I could remove it so i'ts still in there. Not ideal when It's close to a molt but i's so small that I don't see it as a threat to the T.
Today I noticed that the T was sitting halfway between the entrance and the innermost part of it's burrow. Nothing strange about that, but the positioning of it's legs was a bit odd so I looked closer and it's not a death curl but not that far off either. And it will usually teleport further into the burrow if i point a flashlight at it for more than a couple of seconds or if i move or touch the container in any way. But this time it was completely unresponsive to both light and movement. I even pressed lightly against the wall where it sat and the wall touched it slightly but still no response whatsoever.
So, should I be worried or is it probably just the molt coming?
I took a picture of it. Sorry about the horrendous quality. I'm stuck with a camera phone with a broken lens.
Edit: The title should say pre molt, not post molt. If any moderators could change it I would be grateful.
I's still very early so I'm not really worried yet, but I figured it's no harm to throw it out there right?
I've had a 1-1.5 inch P. muticus sling for a few weeks now and it has pretty much behaved the same since I got it. Constantly perfecting it's burrow or sitting in the entrance waiting for prey. When I first saw it emerging from it's burrow a week after I got it, I saw that it was so fat it looked like it was close to bursting, and someone here commented on a photo I uploaded that it looked like it would molt soon, so I haven't fed it since.
Until yesterday that is. It was sitting in the burrow's entrance like it used to while I was feeding the rest of my T's and when I was done with the others I had one tiny dubia nymph left in the feeder box, much smaller than what I would normally feed it, so I thought it can't do much harm to try, so I threw it in. The T didn't eat it but didn't flee either. The dubia disappeared into the burrow before I could remove it so i'ts still in there. Not ideal when It's close to a molt but i's so small that I don't see it as a threat to the T.
Today I noticed that the T was sitting halfway between the entrance and the innermost part of it's burrow. Nothing strange about that, but the positioning of it's legs was a bit odd so I looked closer and it's not a death curl but not that far off either. And it will usually teleport further into the burrow if i point a flashlight at it for more than a couple of seconds or if i move or touch the container in any way. But this time it was completely unresponsive to both light and movement. I even pressed lightly against the wall where it sat and the wall touched it slightly but still no response whatsoever.
So, should I be worried or is it probably just the molt coming?
I took a picture of it. Sorry about the horrendous quality. I'm stuck with a camera phone with a broken lens.
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