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<blockquote data-quote="L_B" data-source="post: 83788" data-attributes="member: 7767"><p>Hi Kormath.</p><p></p><p>Is that your little one in your avatar? So cute! Eclipse was that size when i got her too. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I've read that females can live until mid 20s and poss 30s. Perhaps I've read incorrect info but I had in my head that she's still got another 10 years to go. Optimism possibly?</p><p></p><p>Hi Telson. I am really hoping it's a premolt. The black patch at the back reassures me this might be the case, it just feels like she's been like this for so long, much longer than usual, so perhaps I am over-thinking it and perhaps the mystery white stuff around the spinerettes is unrelated and nothing to worry about (faeces that was stuck, perhaps).</p><p></p><p>If she is in pre-molt I hope that picking her up and bathing her behind hasn't done any damage, I usually leave her alone before a molt, and she'd usually not tolerate handling at that time, whereas she's quite lethargic now. I'm worried about the lack of making a web bed though if it is a molt. Can they get stuck in their own skins for any reason? I think I will leave her in peace for a week or so, even if she doesn't move and see what happens. I don't know what more I can do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="L_B, post: 83788, member: 7767"] Hi Kormath. Is that your little one in your avatar? So cute! Eclipse was that size when i got her too. :-) I've read that females can live until mid 20s and poss 30s. Perhaps I've read incorrect info but I had in my head that she's still got another 10 years to go. Optimism possibly? Hi Telson. I am really hoping it's a premolt. The black patch at the back reassures me this might be the case, it just feels like she's been like this for so long, much longer than usual, so perhaps I am over-thinking it and perhaps the mystery white stuff around the spinerettes is unrelated and nothing to worry about (faeces that was stuck, perhaps). If she is in pre-molt I hope that picking her up and bathing her behind hasn't done any damage, I usually leave her alone before a molt, and she'd usually not tolerate handling at that time, whereas she's quite lethargic now. I'm worried about the lack of making a web bed though if it is a molt. Can they get stuck in their own skins for any reason? I think I will leave her in peace for a week or so, even if she doesn't move and see what happens. I don't know what more I can do. [/QUOTE]
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