Just found my baby chilean rose on her back!! The only reason for this is a shed right?!!?

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they die all curled up in the corner right?!?

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If its on its back it is moulting so do not disturb it as this process can take from 1 to 6 hours to complete.

When tarantulas die they curl there legs under themself in an upright position.

Woooooooo thank you ive been waiting ages for this!! She's been there about 2 hours already im watching closely with fingers crossed!!!

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Good luck with the moult.
Heres a video link of a redknee moulting.

Film clip - Mexican red-kneed tarantula moulting - Mexican red-kneed tarantula - Brachypelma smithi - ARKive

IM worried its been about 3 hours and sjhe hasnt moved or anything, no change whatsoever, completley motionless. i hope she is ok how come the mexi is the right way up?

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You will find that about 95% of tarantulas will start the moult on there back and then change position towards the end to free there legs.

About 5% of tarantulas moult in a standing position but this is not the normal way.

Regarding the time issue it varies from moult to moult but you often find they stay still for hours and then all of a sudden they seem to be out of there old skin.

Ok i understand, thank you very much for sharing information. She is twitching a bit now which is good!!

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Has she finished her moult yet? It's amazing how much bigget they look after a moult. Make sure there is no food in her tank and don't feed her for about a week after the moult as the cricket/locust or what ever you feed her on can cause damage due to the spider being fragile after a moult.

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Yeah she finished her moult and it was a success!! She is quite a bit bigegr and still quite pink! Just went to get her somo tiny little crickets ready for when she is hardend up!!

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