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<blockquote data-quote="LeahThomas" data-source="post: 27026" data-attributes="member: 2195"><p>Oh jeez. These little buggers. My first T was a G. pulchripes sling, only a tad bigger than yours. As a new keeper, I was EXTREMELY paranoid about its behavior and always worried about it. It didn't eat much, and at one point stopped eating for about two months. After having her for about 3.5 months, she FINALLY molted. After about a week I tried feeding her and she was a pig. After that molt she jumps on everything I throw in the cage, her abdomen is HUGE and she is now on a diet.</p><p></p><p>These guys take foreeeeeeever to molt. But once they do, you really can see a big difference. They don't molt often but the size difference after molts is much more noticeable than some of the other species I have. Anyway, just trust that your T is doing what's best for itself. They know what they're doing. Just make sure that part of the substrate is wet. When my G. pulchripes went on its pre-molt fast, she drank water from the substrate like crazy. As long as it isn't in a death curl or looking like it has a shrunken abdomen, it'll be just fine <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LeahThomas, post: 27026, member: 2195"] Oh jeez. These little buggers. My first T was a G. pulchripes sling, only a tad bigger than yours. As a new keeper, I was EXTREMELY paranoid about its behavior and always worried about it. It didn't eat much, and at one point stopped eating for about two months. After having her for about 3.5 months, she FINALLY molted. After about a week I tried feeding her and she was a pig. After that molt she jumps on everything I throw in the cage, her abdomen is HUGE and she is now on a diet. These guys take foreeeeeeever to molt. But once they do, you really can see a big difference. They don't molt often but the size difference after molts is much more noticeable than some of the other species I have. Anyway, just trust that your T is doing what's best for itself. They know what they're doing. Just make sure that part of the substrate is wet. When my G. pulchripes went on its pre-molt fast, she drank water from the substrate like crazy. As long as it isn't in a death curl or looking like it has a shrunken abdomen, it'll be just fine :) Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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