So my A.metallica molted about 5 days ago, and this was my first "large" spider to molt. It was very lethargic for a few days, wasn't drinking that I knew of, and stayed grounded. So last night after poking around at it I started to get worried, because "he" was staying in this very freightened/borderline death curl pose, but was reacting slightly to me poking it. So of course I started freaking out, and sought the help of Tiffany and Jeff and together they both thought it was necessary to set up an ICU.
Here is what he looked like after removing his plant to poke him a little.
So you can see why I was worried. So I set up a small deli cup, there were two small holes for ventilation, I added a wet paper towel on the bottom and placed the T in. I left it over flexwatt set to about 78 degrees overnight.
I'm happy to say that as of right now, he's back to his old self. Even gave me a hard time getting put back in his enclosure. I figured I'd take the time to snap a few pics
I saved his molt, hopefully the spider guy at my local reptile shop and sex "him" for meHe's so FLUFFY!!!
Thank you CoolioTiffany and Boanerges for all your help! I don't know what I would do without you
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