I know most of you hate spiders, but my young Mexican Red Knee started a moult last night and I found her this morning with the old skin still attached to the underside of her abdomen, so she is lugging it around beneath and behind her.
This is very very bad.
If I try to remove it, I could split her abdomen and she'll bleed to death (spider cuts do not heal), if I leave it on, she'll most likely die of shock.
I'm gutted...
There's not much vets can do as very few around here will entertain one, believe it or not (Can't afford their prices anyway). What I may have to do is pop her in the fridge and wait for her to 'shut down', remove her and try to quickly get as much of the old skin off her as carefull as possible before she come to... if indeed she does.
I was delighted yesterday as Sidney (my monster spider) had shed a few days ago and it was great that they had synchronised.
Bum.