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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chacoboy" data-source="post: 144888" data-attributes="member: 28829">Hello everyone. New owner here.  I have just received my Chaco Golden Knee last week Friday.  I believe since I've gotten it, it's been in premolt, but I'm not too sure.  It hasn't eaten once since I've gotten it, and spends some time trying to climb out of the enclosure and sometimes just hanging around by the edges.  It doesn't do that as often as when I first got it, but I still catch it doing so every now and then.  It moves away any time I try to feed it, whenever the food touches it(I've tried pinheads and small mealworms), and sometimes curls into itself a little bit as if hiding.  It rarely moves as far as I see.The temperature is fine, and I do mist one side a bit(should I leave a little water dish?  I thought it was too small for one so I chose not to).  It isn't near any natural light, and although I don't have pictures of it (I forgot to take before I left the house today) , there are a few holes in the sides of the setup as well as plenty on the top. I just want to know, do you guys think my T is in premolt?  I know they don't eat and I've read plenty about the signs, and I do see the behavioral signs, but not so much the physical ones, like the abdomen.  I know it should plump when it's about to premolt, but it's looked like that since I've gotten it, which is why I'm wondering if that IS plumped, or just regular. If there are any more pictures you guys may need just let me know and I'll gladly take some more. Thank you guys in advance for your responses.</blockquote>

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