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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nicolas C" data-source="post: 67030" data-attributes="member: 3795">Your photo is good enough to show us she's no mature male, as Kormath rightly said.The "wandering a bit" behavior is normal for a tarantula in a new enclosure, you are right. If she wanders because of this, she'll settle down soon. And, as you rightly said, it could also be a premolt behavior. I've noticed many of my Ts roaming a lot some weeks before entering in the "quiet" premolt phase (for instance, my smithi does this for some weeks, then calm down, all this before having the dark bald spot). Could be the case for yours too. I don't know why some of mine do this... I've imagined it's because they are looking for the perfect conditions/safety for the molt and, as my enclosures are not exactly as it is in nature, this behavior means they tolerate these enclosures but aren't fully satisfied. I say this because it's completely different for my burrowing or arboreal spp. It only happens to my Grammostola, Brachypelma, Xenesthis, Lasiodora, etc (only to some of them, not all...) Anyway, it's only a guessing game for me...Back to the subject, I notice you spoke about "dragon sand" as a substrate. Maybe this substrate doesn't suit her well?Anyway, all of this doesn't explain the skinny abdomen. It's a good idea to try another kind of food. But beware: Dubia roaches burrow deep rather quickly. B lateralis could be better if you can find some...</blockquote>