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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arachnoclown" data-source="post: 132375" data-attributes="member: 27444"><p>Just for the record, bald abdomens dont always mean premolt. In this case it may but there are numbers of other reasons why. My G. Rosea has been bald for 2 years...hes a mature male that lost his hairs right after maturing making sperm webs. My female B. Sabulosum has been bald for over 1.5 years...she lost her hairs laying her eggsack. I have a A. Chalcodes that has been bald since I recieved him in the mail in 6 months ago...kicked his hairs off in transit. My newly molted B. Albopilosum kicked all his new hairs off in his new burrow and around the entrance when rehoused. My 2 male redrumps have lost their hairs from making new sperm webs weekly. A bald tarantula is a normal thing and nothing to worry about. Unless your the type that is constantly harassing your T then it's not from being defensive. I judge premolt by the Tarantula refusing food...or burrowing.</p></blockquote><p></p>