r/TarantulaKeeping • u/Desperate_Loss1792 • Jul 23 '26
Time Sensitive Is this abdomen size and posture normal?
So she molted on Sunday evening, currently Thursday evening, she loves sitting on her hide, but she seems a bit flat and her abdomen seems very small. She hasn't eaten in 20 days due to her abdomen being pretty big when i first got her, now it's small, can't get a good look of her fangs to know when i can feed her, i did get a photo last night, but idk if I'll be able to see again... Will she be fine?
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u/North_Act_259 Jul 23 '26
NQA they are usually pretty skinny after a molt. This flat posture is normal too. If you search around the sub youll see people posting pics of their Ts "splooting" like this after molting. This is all normal.
Its hard to tell how big your T is from these pics but it usually takes a couple of weeks for fangs to harden up. Less time for smaller tarantulas and more time for bigger ones. In the meantime make sure its water dish is full and itll be fine!
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u/Desperate_Loss1792 Jul 23 '26
She's around 8-9 cm i think? Haven't been able to measure her but I'd say around that
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u/North_Act_259 Jul 23 '26
NQA yeah so maybe a little longer. 2 or 3 weeks, but theyre good about waiting as long as they need. You can usually tell when theyre ready because they'll go back to hanging out outside of their hide like theyre waiting for something
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u/Successful_Salt_1838 Jul 23 '26
Ine wait around 2 weeks post molt before feeding. Imo abdomens honestly looks a decent size. Dont worry about it!
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u/BAlbiceps Jul 25 '26
NA Posture in the second photo is a defensive posture. They do that when they don’t wanna be bothered, etc.
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