Help! Bad Molt!

My H. swammerdami finally molted. But He had a bad molt. 3 of his legs on it's right side were stuck. I got one of it's legs out, but the back two have old exoskeleton stuck to it. Also it's left pedipalp is badly deformed. How can I get the old exoskeleton off it's back legs? And can I do anything about it's pedipalp? Please Help!!!!

wow. that's a tough one. i can say it would be a bad idea to try and subdue it to try and remove it yourself. It could be quite the irritant to it. ive never seen this happen before. maybe the shell will flake off or something. Before my imperator died, it was getting ready to molt and parts of it's exoskeleton were flaking in some spots.

Thanks for replying. It won't flake off. The legs are stuck inside the old ones. The rest of the exoskeleton has been pulled off.

Now guys, really, 24 views and one reply. Some one please help!

Some people may not reply, due to the fact that they have no helpful input. As a previous post said this is a tough one, and not everyone is going to have an answer for you.

As Quin said, its a judgement call only you can make.
I personally would not interfere.. unless it is to put it out of its misery.. sorry to say.

Ofcourse, I say this following your description. If its not as bad as it sounds, sure go ahead.. but it doesnt sound too good.

Pictures might help (only if you dont need to stress it).

I have it in a I.C.U at the moment. The best way you could see the difference would be under the blacklight. My camera has trouble taking blacklight pics. It's not as bad as it was. The pedipalp is starting to look better. His back two legs are still stuck in the molts legs, so it looks like a leg with another leg growing inside it. The rest of the molt is gone. I will try to post pics soon.

Keep him very humid and warm for the ICU treatment.

Well guys he looks better than he did. But he still does not look normal. When he's out if the ICU, I'm going to "hot box" it to try to get it to molt sooner. (Hopefully it will heal in the next molt) Here are some pics:

doesnt look too good dude.. See if it eats

aw we lost a small one like that before had both claws stuck in and a leg was awful you can as a last resort get a cotton bud and warm water and keep socking it to moisten it up then take a scapel and attempt to cut him out but its a tough job i managed to free ours but it was such a bad molt he didnt make it will dig up some pics or link to the thread for you

WOW. I REALLY hope it isn't nearly as bad as BEX's. I know it was a while ago but sorry BEX. I have had no expirience with scorps molting yet so I have no advice but I hope everything goes well bro. So sorry.

it was awful sttill miss that lil guy

I feel you. I dread the day I lose Studly and Griffon Spade. . .

Well Bex, it's not as bad as yours. I think it will live, but it might loose it's legs. The people on arachnoboards seem to think that the claw might heal with the next molt. It's exoskeleton is not hard yet, so I can't feed it. Also I'm going to long island in a couple days and I will be staying there for two days.
More bad news, my stone centipede died last night.
The only good news is that I'm going to get either a vinegaroon (whip scorpion) or some Tailless Whip Scorpions soon.
I will keep you updated, thanks for the help. Here is the link to the arachnoboards thread. (In case I forgot to post something here)

you can pre kill and feed it make sure the prey is dead though

soz to hear about your centipede that sucks

I will feed it tomorrow then. I don't even know why the centipede died. He was fine in the morning, then he was dead when I checked on him later.

Well, I'm back from long island. I tried to feed it, but it did not eat. I will try again tomorrow. I took it out of the ICU and put it back in it's enclosure. I will keep you informed.

I put it in the hot box. I will post pics soon.

How's it doing??

It's hard to say. It's alive and active, but it's not eating. I can't post pics because my camera is acting weird. I would take the picture and the picture would be very dark. I just hope that it will eat soon. On the bright side, I'm going to get some Tailless Whip Scorpions (The things you think are creepy) in a few days.

Try cutting a mealworm in two and lay in front of him. He will smell it and if its hungry, it will eat

I have good news.
I got the scorp to eat. I crushed a cricket until all it could do was twitch it's legs I put it in front of him and he ate it. Also my Damon diadema are being shipped on monday, and will arive tuesday.

I'm really happy for you !!

Thanks!