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I just received an A. chalcodes immature male, and he's acting like he's trying to molt. He wasn't entirely upside down, but rather sitting vertically on his abdomen. I helped him turn on his back last evening, and he's still in the same position, lightly pumping his legs like he's still in the early stages of molting. It's possible he was ready to molt when he was shipped, so he didn't have time to set up a molt mat when he got here.
The strange thing is, he looks fresh already, like he molted recently. He doesn't have the tawny, old skin look to him that many Ts get when they're ready to molt. His abdomen is definitely fat enough, but it looks fresh too, without missing hair or darkening.
Any idea what's going on? Think the temperature shifts of shipping confused him and triggered a molt? He's been acting like he's trying to molt for quite a while now, and the carapace hasn't even popped yet.
The strange thing is, he looks fresh already, like he molted recently. He doesn't have the tawny, old skin look to him that many Ts get when they're ready to molt. His abdomen is definitely fat enough, but it looks fresh too, without missing hair or darkening.
Any idea what's going on? Think the temperature shifts of shipping confused him and triggered a molt? He's been acting like he's trying to molt for quite a while now, and the carapace hasn't even popped yet.