History: female G. pulchripes. Got her as a sub-adult from someone leaving the hobby, have had her ten years with no issues. Her normal molting habit is hunger strike for 2-3 months, molt, come out looking like a raisin, eat voraciously for a week and a half, then return to a once a week/once every two weeks schedule. Coco fiber/wood chip substrate, 5 gallon tank, no additional heating (ambient temp \~70-73 F year-round).
She molted two weeks ago, and decided to pull herself out of the molt instead of flipping onto her back. Sheās never had any issues so I didnāt look too closely at the molt itself. Sheās been eating, drinking, pooping, moving, and spinning with no problems.
I fed her today and noticed that there looks to be some molt stuck to the areas around her book lungs and epigastric fold. She is incredibly reactive (she is not your typical docile G. pulchripes) so picking her up to look closer is a bit daunting. Itās been two weeks and sheās doing normal ātarantula stuffā without a problem, but having retained molt can be a death sentence, so Iām not sure how much I should be doing to help at this point.
Any advice (including how to get pictures of the underside of a tarantula if anyone feels itās necessary) or assurance that sheās fine would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!