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    Can you not pick it up?

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    Oh the thorax is stuck on the abdomen. That shouldn't be a problem. Just use tweezers and try to knock it off. Don't grab it in case it's actually stuck to something. It doesn't seem stuck though so it should fall off with a little help. You will probably have to take it out its tank.

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    Hmmmmm it is gonna be interesting..... Should I spray on it or something?
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    I agree should come right off with a little gentle help. I just had a similar thing happen with my LP, it came right off with a little touch from the tongs

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    I took it out and now belly looks like that. Leave it or do something?
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    NOOOOO DONT SPRAY HER!!! They hate that and it really stresses them. They have an incredibly sense of touch as well. Such awesome little creatures.

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    Ok now I'm more concerned. I can't quite tell what that is. Can you describe it. I think it's had a bad molt.

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    It looks like a wrinkle of old skin I'd say or may be leftovers
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    If it's more excess she'd then try to tap that off as well. I thought it looked like a would or something on the pic. Extra skin shouldn't be too bad though. Keep me updated I want to see it ok.

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    thank you Jack, no it is not a wound and if it is, it is healed.
    so i should leave it be and it should be better after next shed? or a guy will knock it off? and if it is a bad shed, why did that happen and what i can do to prevent it from happening in the future?

    all i can say that whatever that is it didn't affect his appetite lol it is possible to overfeed tarantula?
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    Looks like it's some left over molt on his abdomen; I've had that happen to some slings on occasion.
    What you can do is keep it moist for a while, and try and grab it off with tweezers or something if it does not come off on it's own. I would think it's just barely stuck on, as there are bristles under there.
    Otherwise, you can just leave it; it's not anywhere serious that would impede a future molt.

    You can "overfeed" a tarantula to a point that it may stop eating or fast for an indeterminate amount of time, but I've only heard/read of one or two reports of them actually eating so much that they seemingly burst.
    To be safe, I wouldn't feed it so much to the point where the abdomen is more than double the size of the carapace.

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    Cute 'lil guy, by the way. I miss when mine was that small.

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    thank you! i will slow down on a food then, the guy eats like 6-8 3 week crickets probably a week, i get them for my baby geckos once a week and then extra just throw in there, i must say they disappear pretty fast. I can swear after molt it doubled its previous size, how this is possible?

    i tried to grab whatever is stuck and take it off, it stuck pretty well, i'm afraid to hurt it. will increase humiidty, but i think it should be around 75 at least in there already, it is a small plastic tub with a few small holes for ventilation, substrate has never dried out yet.

    i have another question though about my other one, it has molded, going right now to take a pic. one of those what the heck I'm looking at lol
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    Make sure humidity and temp are perfect especially when it's molting. If it already was then it's just bad luck.

    When a tarantula molts it isn't actually stuck inside the old exoskeleton all cramped up. It comes out soft then as it's new exoskeleton is hardening it expands so it grows bigger.

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    Boy or girl?
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    Looks like a boy to me.

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    I was told forget about humidity and temps and they strive on neglect lol right Glenn? Lol

    Then the q- can humidity be too high? I can get one of those humidity gauges and stick a probe in this enclosure, I should have one of those, I have so much of everything laying around lol
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    Looks male.

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    thank you! it doesn't have hooks though, does it mean he will have it later on?
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