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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ArvadaLanee" data-source="post: 66907" data-attributes="member: 4315">Does this picture help? It doesn't look like her pedipalps (hopefully I'm spelling that right) are bigger at the ends to me. I thought that was how you can tell if it's a male or female. If this picture doesn't help at all I can try to get a better one, but it's hard with just this crappy phone camera. I was kind of hoping it was normal for her to be wandering quite a bit, because she's been moved to a new home. Or that it was normal premolt behavior. I do think I will try the idea of a little water in her substrate. She is currently in dragon sand, and here in WI, our winters can be brutally dry. Even us humans have been getting some dry skin, and chapped lips because of it. (It's been driving me nuts, quite honestly.) I know she is supposed to prefer dry conditions, but I keep thinking it may be a bit dry in here, even for her taste. Plus, she did go so long without food and water, poor thing. I would like to think she ate those prey items, just because I used a pen light, and searched all over for them, and never did see a sign of them, but with this being our first time with an animal that eats this type of prey, I suppose I could have missed them somehow. I can try getting another cricket for her to see if she goes for it, but with the first ones I never did actually see her eat them. She did come out of her hide after we put them in there, so maybe she knew they were there, and we just missed it. I should have watched her more carefully. As for that spot on her being dark, it is a dark rusty brown color, and I do think she looks a bit more grey in that photo than she does in person. Perhaps she is in premolt, but in the beginning stages? I'm not sure how that works, but I've read it can take a while. Thanks again, for the help. I will just keep an eye on her, and keep trying to get her in good health. I think she will be fine if I at least remove the sponge from her water dish, and maybe wash it out for her. I'll keep ever one informed on how she's doing. <img src="http://i67.tinypic.com/2im43o1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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