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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ArvadaLanee" data-source="post: 66710" data-attributes="member: 4315"><p>I am starting to wonder if Blanche is actually about to molt. She did eat that cricket, and wax worm that I gave her. She has also been pretty active. For a few days she was even climbing up to the tops of her plants. She has stopped climbing around now, but she still moves around her enclosure quite a bit. Do they get really thirsty before they molt? I have heard that rose hairs are not usually fans of wet substrate, and prefer more dry conditions, but several times a day I find Blanche standing in her water dish. The other day, her water had gotten really low, and it looked like Blanche was trying to put her belly down to the water. I waited for her to move, and then filled it, and sure enough she was in there yesterday, and she's partially in there again today. I want to change her cage up, remove the sponge from her dish, give her different/more substrate, but I have been waiting because I haven't wanted to disturb her at all if she's about to molt. Should I just keep waiting?</p></blockquote><p></p>