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Old 23-11-2009, 09:28 AM
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Our new (ish) G. Rosea is possibly about to moult.... and I'm SO nervous!!! This is its first moult with us- we;ve had him for about 2 months but he's shed with the T sitter...

I hope he's moulting, he ate a cricket the other day then his abdomen went HUGE with a dark patch on top (thought it was a cut so shitting myself) but I went to have a check on him in the morning and he was right at the back with his legs slightly underneath him (not in death curl) and his abdomen right up.

He didn't even try and kill me so he's definitely up to something....

EEP! Im worried because we lost our last sling to a bad moult with the T sitter. NERVOUS!
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Old 23-11-2009, 09:32 AM
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Will be fine. Just gotta ride it through. Im sure it's harder work for them then it is for us.
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Old 23-11-2009, 09:33 AM
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If he is going to moult he will be on his back with legs ontop mate. If you think he is going to the make sure there is no cricks to nibble at him and wait it out. It is very unlikely he will moult the right way up, they have been known to do it but it is very rare .
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Old 23-11-2009, 09:36 AM
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If he is gyunn amoult he will be on his back with legs ontop mate. If you think he is going to the make sure there is no cricks to nibble at him and wait it out. It is very unlikely he will moult the right way up, they have been known to do it but it is very rare .
yeah theres no cricks in there, he might be getting ready for it and then about to flip over later. I hope.... DON'T DIE B.A.!!! THE A TEAM NEEDS YOU!

ARG I prefered it when our Golden knee shed in his hide I didn't know about it :P
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Old 23-11-2009, 09:38 AM
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Just make sure there is plenty of room around him to push off theold skin and i am sure it will be fine
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Old 23-11-2009, 09:49 AM
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thanks muchly

Its taken him a while to decide to moult so it'd better be ok
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Old 23-11-2009, 11:36 AM
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Good luck! I'm sure he'll be fine

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Old 23-11-2009, 03:28 PM
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Good luck! I'm sure he'll be fine

Get the camera ready!
hahahah charging it up :P He's moved again which is annoying- looks like i'll be waiting a bit longer...
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If he is going to moult he will be on his back with legs ontop mate. If you think he is going to the make sure there is no cricks to nibble at him and wait it out. It is very unlikely he will moult the right way up, they have been known to do it but it is very rare .
its not rare i have loads of t's shed upright
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