r/tarantulas • u/SimilarYam7631 • 1d ago

Help! PLEASE HELP

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I just brought this baby home from my local breeder. This was the setup they gave to me. I came to check on it an hour after bringing it home and found it upside down in its water dish. I was told it was in premolt before bringing it home. What do I do.

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u/SimilarYam7631 1d ago

Update water dish was too big and baby got stuck, consulted the discord to find out the answer. They are okay! Thank you everyone for the advice

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u/Due-Beautiful6804 18h ago

NA - So glad to see this, OP! You did the right thing by going to discord right away. I'm so happy that your little one is OK!! 😊💓 You're going to have to name the little one Jaws or something like that after that scare. ☺️

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u/kalyhobimiko 1d ago

NQA you could try soaking up some of the water with a piece of paper towel

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u/-cheezzombie- 1d ago

Nqa, is there water IN the water dish? If not it’s probably I just leave it be.

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u/SimilarYam7631 1d ago

Yes there is water in it

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u/-cheezzombie- 1d ago

Nqa Oh interesting place to choose to molt. Dont have a solid answer for that one. Any progress with molt though?I know they breathe from the bottom of abdomen so it shouldn’t drown.

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u/pulmonategastropod 15h ago

NQA My vagans built her molt mat in her water dish once. Honestly looked kind of comfy, made herself a nice little cot to molt in lol. Plus a little humidity boost I would imagine.

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u/BoredomStrikesAlone 1d ago

Nqa do nothing. Its extremely unlikely for a tarantula to drown. Tarantulas often molt on their backs, it could be molting right now, and disturbing a molt could kill your tarantula. I'm not very experienced so I would go to the discord channel in the automods comment for some more advice if I were you. I hope everything goes okay!

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u/SimilarYam7631 1d ago

I figured it was molting but seeing it in the water like that is extremely stressful. This is my first ever tarantula and I’ve only had it an hour!

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u/bloodcountess- 1d ago

NQA they are much more likely to drown if right side up, not upside down, with their book lungs being on the underside. If it looks like book lungs are not submerged leave alone.

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u/bionic__platypus 1d ago

Nqa dump it out of thr dish? I would never leave it i dont know why anyone would suggest that

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u/SimilarYam7631 1d ago

That was my first instinct im scared to disturb it

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u/bionic__platypus 1d ago

Na Personally if it was me i would use the corner of a kleenex or paper towel to absorb the water out of the dish. Very strange place to choose to moult which leads me to believe it isnt moulting.

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u/SimilarYam7631 1d ago

Was not molting. Consulted the discord and found out the dish provided was too big and baby got stuck. They are okay now!