Dying Rosie??

[Alex.B]

I just looked at my Rosie she was flipped on her back. She was stuck on her own webbing O.o she's not in molt though she was kinda moving her limbs randomly so I helped roll her over. Any idea on what happened?? Once again I'm 100% sure she wasn't in molt

[Boanerges]

How are you so sure it wasn't molting? Sounds to me like you are wrong and she is indeed molting They do flip on their backs in a web hammock they made and twitch their legs when they are molting. If she was dying she would more then likely be upright and starting to curl her legs underneath her. What happened when you fliped her over?

[Nektu]

Agreed. How old is it? The younger they are the more frequent the molts will come.

[Alexandra V]

That's definitely molting behavior. They'll web copious amounts (a molting mat) when they're going to molt, and tend to molt on it. It can take a while for them to molt as they get larger. I'd say just leave her be and see what happens.

Sometimes they don't display the characteristic pre-molt symptoms, like my Grammostola pulchripes. She never got a bald spot or anything, then she just up and molted on me

[Alex.B]

sorry for the late reply but things are fine. you guys were right XD i had put her back on her back(gently) and she finished molting perfectly... im glad i didn't kill the little gal ill take some pics in a bit.

thanks for the replies, much appreciated

[Alexandra V]

sorry for the late reply but things are fine. you guys were right XD i had put her back on her back(gently) and she finished molting perfectly... im glad i didn't kill the little gal ill take some pics in a bit.

thanks for the replies, much appreciated

Good to hear she's alright Haha rosies are tough, don't worry too much

[Boanerges]

sorry for the late reply but things are fine. you guys were right XD i had put her back on her back(gently) and she finished molting perfectly... im glad i didn't kill the little gal ill take some pics in a bit.

thanks for the replies, much appreciated

Well you can look at it as a very good lesson learned and at least no problems resulted in the honest mistake of you attempting to help her in the best way you could think of since you thought she was dying. I am very glad to hear she was indeed not dying and molted perfectly and doing well now