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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pulsschlag" data-source="post: 239842" data-attributes="member: 49819">Hello everyone,first time poster and tarantula owner here. I have browsed the forum extensively to look for similar posts and possible solutions and outcomes, but still need your opinion please, since I have never seen such an awequard and concerning position for a molt before. I own a female aphonopelma seemanni that came into my care in April this year (pictures attached). She has shown signs for premolt for a few weeks. I came home from work today to find her squashed in the corner of her enclosure on her back, where she had started to dig away the substract a few days ago. She is now jammed between the wall and a piece of cork bark, which does not look safe or comfortable at all, since she has a lot of space on the other side of the enclosure for a molt. I let her be for a while, but she hasn't moved at all. Not even twitched. I had the thought that this might not be the start of a molt, but that she flipped over somehow and got stuck there while I was at work. So I gently brushed her legs with a paint brush, but there is no reaction. I also can't see any cracks or signs of a molt anywhere on her body.  I then put one drop of water near her mouth. There is no reaction at all.I am concered she might be dead. Please advise.Many thanks to you all!</blockquote>