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I examined very carefully under a microscope and saw no reason for the death. I will research nematode issues, thanks for the suggestion. And yes, kept her substrate dry. Just one of those mysteries in life I guess, or another 2020 oddity.

Casey - where are you shipping from?

Thanks all for your replies and tips. Nothing has seemed to work to stir her at all. Perhaps I have a different interpretation of smells due to my job and volunteer work (with animals), she doesn't smell like a rotting carcass but there's absolutely no life in her. Her opisthosoma is squishy...

When they die does their body remain supple, or do they harden up? Still no change here, and my instinct tells me she's a goner. It's just so puzzling because everything I've read said they're pretty hardy and don't typically just keel over and die one day.

Confirmed female with a couple of molts and saw the sucking stomach on last molt. Here are photos through my microscope of the August molt.

She was moving and ate last Sunday. Same mealworms she’s been eating for a few weeks. Same water she’s been offered for a long time. No change in her enclosure. it’s just so odd to have her active one day and unresponsive the next.

Here’s the video from Friday I’m trying not to get too worried. But I am.

How she looked last Sunday

This was how I found her Sunday.

This GBB is an educational animal at a zoological park I volunteer at. We got her June 2019 as a sling no bigger than a quarter. She’s molted 5 times in our care. The last few were about 3 months apart. She last molted mid-August. Friday she was observed moving about her enclosure and...

Velma was the one who always wore orange

Thanks! I think so too! She's Velma, the chromatopelma ;)

Well that’s a relief! Thanks for the education on that. Why do you recommend not handling?

Hi! My GBB has had this persistent dry looking spot on her abdomen. Each molt, it remains. I'm trying to increase the humidity in her enclosure now to see if that helps. Wondering if anyone here can diagnose the issue and help solve? This photo was taken after a recent molt, so it can't be...