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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shrimpy" data-source="post: 185743" data-attributes="member: 34741"><p>So I've had my Stripe knee for almost a year now. It is very healthy, it is a fantastic eater, and as molted twice without any problems. However it always is climbing on the walls and lid of the enclosure. Just today I saw it climb upside down on the lid of the cage from one side to the other. Its claws have gotten stuck on the lid before, and it just waves its other legs around until it falls. (The lid I have is made out of wood) I've kept the substrate damp, I kept it dry, I put new substrate in, nothing seems to work. I don't know if it is the type of substrate I'm using (I use coco fiber) or something else is going on or bothering the tarantula. I am worried it could fall and hurt itself, or damage a leg.This is my first tarantula, so I can't help but be extremely nervous.</p></blockquote><p></p>