Comments | socalpirateking: Out of the ashes, she arises again!!!!!

socalpirateking

Out of the ashes, she arises again!!!!!

Oct 28, 2004 00:03

Oh my god, I just went in to go to bed, and decided to say good bye to my tarantula Arrana again.

As I was saying good bye, her back split open, and she began to shed her old exo-skeleton! She is still alive, just had trouble starting her molting!!!!!!

I am so happy and relieved, nature is a very beautiful thing...

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KEEP THE SKELETON! beautiful_quest October 28 2004, 16:45:20 UTC

HOORAY!!!
I have had other spiders and the first molting is scary, they totally act like *DEAD* and its like "noooo!!!"
Post pictures! !!

Re: KEEP THE SKELETON! socalpirateking October 28 2004, 17:43:18 UTC

I thought that I would save the exo-skeleton for you if you wanted it, seeing as she is kinda your baby too.

Re: KEEP THE SKELETON! beautiful_quest October 28 2004, 19:46:47 UTC

COOL!!!
How's she feeling now?

Re: KEEP THE SKELETON! socalpirateking October 28 2004, 20:18:02 UTC

she's doing great, her new skeleton should start hardening soon, I do think she might need to regrom a rear leg though, I have yet to see it all. May be that she has just not unfolded it all the way yet.

ick spiders highlander668 October 28 2004, 20:56:28 UTC

Well spider or not yay that she's ok.

badmammerjammer October 28 2004, 23:12:12 UTC

omg that the scarriest thing iv ever heard! its like out of a sci fi movie- i didnt know they really did that. i probubly would have screamed and ran away if i saw that happening! good think you knew what was happening because that would be very tramatizing if you didnt.

socalpirateking October 28 2004, 23:58:11 UTC

I did, and did not know. I had thought she had died, and only left her in the cage just in case she was molting. About 95 percent of the time a spider will turn over on their back to molt, she didn't that was what freeked me out completely.