Brachypelma feet molting

My english writing sucks so please forgive me for that.

I nearly lost my B emilia juv when she decided to molt on her belly.
She did not move at all for about 15min and looked dead so i took a small tweezer and gently put her on her side and after aprox 10min she she hadn't moved an inch so i pulled carefully on her molt (she was aprox 40% out) and it slided right off.

She was lying "dead" for about 2 hours before she started to slowly move.
I know that touching a molting tarantula is forbidden but i dont know what to to in those situations.

My B smithi sling did the same thing, molting on its feet and could not get out.
I was watching my smithi for about 20 min and she/him could not get out at all but after a gentle push to her side with a tweezer she was out in 5 minutes.
Same thing with my B baumgarteni so im very nervous when it comes to molting and i have about 10 T´s in premolt so im not looking foward to their molts at all.

slings tend to molt right side up
even if they do
you shouldnt of moved it
the best thing to do is let it be

I have not gone through a molt yet. So I should just let it work it's natural course? At what time period or length of time should I be concerned about the molt when it happens? Like when do I know it's taking too long and something is wrong.

That depends on several factors, How old it is, and size mostly. Most slings pop right out of a molt and you don't even get to watch. I've never seen a sling laying on it's back or in the process of molting. I've only noticed after everything is said and done and it's back to walking around. I've had a Mature 5" female G rosea take over 6 hours to molt, I ended up going to bed and waking up to her fully molted. Certainly should be less then 24 hours for the molt no matter what size.

All of my other slings molt on their backs but my B emilia was about 5cm in legspann when she molted.

Congrats on the molts, I guess Im lucky, I have seen 3 of my slings go through the molt process, only thing I havent seen yet from any T is to actually get to watch them flip over on theyre back or flip over on theyre feet once they are done.

My B. smithi molted succesfully 2 days ago so now i am waiting for my B. boehmei and G. pulchripes to do the same.

If anyone could explain..What is the twitching at the end of the molt? Shock?

MichaelH wrote:

Congrats on the molts, I guess Im lucky, I have seen 3 of my slings go through the molt process, only thing I havent seen yet from any T is to actually get to watch them flip over on theyre back or flip over on theyre feet once they are done.

I didnt get to see my black widow or my juvie G. Rosea molt, but I sat there for three hours staring at my juvie G. Pulcha. It was amazing. I got to see him flip back over (: