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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paul H." data-source="post: 155078" data-attributes="member: 29331">Hello everyone,I’ve been lurking here for quite awhile now and learning all I can as I get back into this hobby after many years. I currently have 4 tarantulas, and have been collecting them for about 4 months now. The Lasiodora Parahybana (sling), Brachypelma Albopilosum (juvenile), and the Brachypelma Boehmi (sling) are all doing very well and thriving. It’s my Caribena Versicolor that concerns me. It’s about a half inch sling, and in the 2 months that I’ve had it, it hasn’t molted. My other slings have molted twice in that time. It’s eaten several crickets, and I see it drinking water. The problem is that it’s abdomen hasn’t really grown at all. It's not deflated looking, but not plump either. Literally no change in appearance since I've had it. The strange thing though is, it kills the cricket, feeds on it for awhile, but then discards it while the cricket is still pretty juicy. The first time it did that to a cricket, I thought it might be in premolt and didn’t want a cricket wandering around it’s enclosure while it was molting, and basically took out the threat, but that’s been happening with several meals, though not all. Some crickets will be eaten off and on for a day or so until it’s deflated and clearly sucked dry. I feel that it’s in an appropriate sized enclosure for it’s size since it can easily find food and water. Substrate has been kept dry, except when a cricket got some substrate partially in the water dish a few days ago and wicked the water out. I was originally going to add more branches and leaves in there, but before I could, it webbed the top of the lid and likes it up there. Good spot as well since it doesn’t disturb the web when I open it up to refill water or toss a cricket in! The temp is kept between 75-80 degrees, and this little sling is pretty active and explores the enclosure for awhile every day before retreating back into its web. I’m kinda stumped here, and I’m not coming up with search results pertaining to this issue. I've tried other food items such as mealworms, but it's not taking to them. Crickets are what it pounces on. Could I please have some advice or ideas while I play this waiting game of growing/molting. I feel that this is a very long time for a sling to not have molted yet. I REALLY don’t want to come in one day and see a tiny blue death curl.[ATTACH]38914[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]38915[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]38916[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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