Molting the mycosis away!
Unfortunately I wasn't able to update the previous thread's title so I decided to start a new one. Sorry about that.
I'm very happy to report that, only 4 days after my gigantea molted, my sc. heros heros successfully molted it's mycosis away. It also regenerated the missing tips off of some of it's legs. I was a little concerned about letting it ingest the mycosis tainted exoskeleton but since It hadn't eaten for close to 3 months I didn't have the heart to take away it's meal.
Oh, I didn't try the post-molt sexing method, I figured it's too young for that kind of stuff...
I haven't been able to take any post molt measurements either, it's far too hyper.
I also wanted to thank everyone for their advice in the previous thread! :worship:
Here are some of the better most molt pics. And just and FYI, the upside down green cap is just to prop up the one side of it's hide, it had another dish for water.
One relatively minor mishap was with it's 5th leg on the right side. In the first pic below you can see it hasn't developed or molted properly. Actually, if I'm not mistaken, it appears as though that one tip still has some mycosis on it. That dry bit noticeable on the third pic is now gone so it's just a little black stump.
Checking it out:
First most-molt cockroach. It appears to have gotten slightly more tanned in color:
Unfortunately I wasn't able to update the previous thread's title so I decided to start a new one. Sorry about that.
I'm very happy to report that, only 4 days after my gigantea molted, my sc. heros heros successfully molted it's mycosis away. It also regenerated the missing tips off of some of it's legs. I was a little concerned about letting it ingest the mycosis tainted exoskeleton but since It hadn't eaten for close to 3 months I didn't have the heart to take away it's meal.
Oh, I didn't try the post-molt sexing method, I figured it's too young for that kind of stuff...
I haven't been able to take any post molt measurements either, it's far too hyper.
I also wanted to thank everyone for their advice in the previous thread! :worship:
Here are some of the better most molt pics. And just and FYI, the upside down green cap is just to prop up the one side of it's hide, it had another dish for water.
One relatively minor mishap was with it's 5th leg on the right side. In the first pic below you can see it hasn't developed or molted properly. Actually, if I'm not mistaken, it appears as though that one tip still has some mycosis on it. That dry bit noticeable on the third pic is now gone so it's just a little black stump.
Checking it out:
First most-molt cockroach. It appears to have gotten slightly more tanned in color: