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<blockquote data-quote="rdoss41075" data-source="post: 225084" data-attributes="member: 42059"><p>My grandson discovered my Blonde on it's back, legs extended. Unfortunately he moved it as it was in it's rock hidey hole. He thought it had died. Since it is limp and not rigid like I assume a dead one to be, I have left it alone. Could he be in molt instead of dead? I'm having a little trouble with this because of the following:</p><p>1) he has had a bald spot on the abdomin, but this has been there for a year +. I assumed this happened because he was stressed by some of the large crickets we were giving him. Could have been pre-molt for so long?</p><p>2) he never was a consistant eater. I would give him a cricket once a week, then started finding them dead, uneaten in his cage. Went once every 2 weeks and so on settling on once every six weeks as this suited him. So it's hard to tell if his appetite was diminished.</p><p></p><p>It's been 3 days since discovery and nothing. How long should it take for molt? Am I just watching a dead animal, hoping?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rdoss41075, post: 225084, member: 42059"] My grandson discovered my Blonde on it's back, legs extended. Unfortunately he moved it as it was in it's rock hidey hole. He thought it had died. Since it is limp and not rigid like I assume a dead one to be, I have left it alone. Could he be in molt instead of dead? I'm having a little trouble with this because of the following: 1) he has had a bald spot on the abdomin, but this has been there for a year +. I assumed this happened because he was stressed by some of the large crickets we were giving him. Could have been pre-molt for so long? 2) he never was a consistant eater. I would give him a cricket once a week, then started finding them dead, uneaten in his cage. Went once every 2 weeks and so on settling on once every six weeks as this suited him. So it's hard to tell if his appetite was diminished. It's been 3 days since discovery and nothing. How long should it take for molt? Am I just watching a dead animal, hoping? [/QUOTE]
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