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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ArvadaLanee" data-source="post: 66888" data-attributes="member: 4315"><p>Thanks. I will see what some others say before I go poking around in there. I'm not sure how to describe her size. I would estimate her body to be around 2 inches long. I just see that her abdomen looks more skinny than her...prosoma? (Is that the correct term for her front part of her body?) Before she came to us, she had gone a long time without being offered food and water. That's why I worry. I did give her a medium cricket, and a wax worm when she first got here, which she must have eaten that night, because I couldn't find them at all the next day. With her sucking up water the way she has been, I'm concerned that she may have been dehydrated, and I'm wondering if I should offer more food. I guess I'm just not sure if that's how she's supposed to look. Also, she is sure loving her water dish, for a tarantula that is supposed to love dry conditions. Sometimes she gets completely in there.</p></blockquote><p></p>