Poecilotheria miranda (Bengal Spotted Ornamental) Molting

[ultum4tegunz]

I always mist substrate often when a T is in Pre- molt lol havent had a bad molt yet.



[ah78dollars]

nice video jon

[PlasmaDude47]

That went well Jon, glad she made it ok!

[Jon3800]

@PlasmaDude47

thanks Don, When she's all better, I'll make an update

[PlasmaDude47]

@Jon3800 You're welcome and cool, can't wait to see it:)

[leeofbacup]

awsome vid... One of my 3 B,vagans slings ( 5th instar ) moulted last night, I set up camera on tripod left it as long as i could stay awake to catch it, but I fell asleep,. never mind maybe next time. I also rehoused them into a custom built 3 chamber modified fish tank, I tried sexing them and looks like I have 2 males and a female. but it was just an estimated guess as they are a bit to small to tell, (inch and half body length) . so i might have my first breeding project when mature...

[Jon3800]

@leeofbacup

congratulations

[SpyderownerSixtyNine]

personal bias from one death which could be explained by multiple causes is typical of pseudoscience. Ive had wet molts before with ideal conditions, no frogs, no mice. They may and probably are totally coincidental. Dreman has been feeding his large female P.formosa bull frogs for 2 years now, 3 molts later the thing is still fine.

If you want to be a science teacher, it may help to learn the basis of the scientific method first. Observe, hypothesize, make predictions, test. Just saying man..

[Jon3800]

@SpyderownerSixtyNine

I guess you're right. I did catch the frogs in the wild at the time, so it could be the reason why they died. True, calcium does not always cause wet molts but it does put a lot of strain on the T because of a tough exoskeleton.

[SpyderownerSixtyNine]

There is 0 evidence to support your calcium claims. Sorry.

[Jon3800]

@SpyderownerSixtyNine

Actually there is. I used to have a P.regalis back 10 years ago, fed her nothing but frogs and died of a wet molt. I learned my mistake

Even RobC has a video proving this (watch?v=lmYRh78-cCE). Look at

[devinecross]

thats great!! hehe im just starting to collect pokies.. im wonder what to get next. i got a regalis and pederseni.

[Jon3800]

@devinecross

regalis, they're cool :)

[BishopMayhem]

Yes, She's looking really awesome. ;D

[Jon3800]

@BishopMayhem

thanks, I'm gonna make a better video when she's in the full open :D

[BishopMayhem]

@Jon3800 Well, I'm waiting for this video. :)