What do you think happened to my 6 legged spider Alex?

5 years ago? Surely it’s dead by now.

It became Shelob.

After five years I suspect it’s succumbed to old age, if it didn’t get consumed by a predator in the meantime. I doubt that losing a couple of legs would have been much of a handicap to its survival.

He most likely limped his way to the nearest spider sanctuary for disabled arachnids.

I shit you not I had a 3-legged turtle with a similar story and I wonder what happened to him, too.
My mom fed him cantelope and ground beef and he hibernated under the porch for one winter. He came back the next spring. We spent the whole summer with him and then he was gone.

He became spiderman and makes millions in the film industry.
It could be him as he wears a costume…right?
wish him well and hope that he remembers you too.

If your spider was still able to spin a wed, I’d say it’s likely to have lived a normal spider life. A typical ground dweller would probably succumbed to a predator pretty quickly, but a spider with a wed would have the same advantages as any other spider.