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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arachnoclown" data-source="post: 162591" data-attributes="member: 27444">Shriveling abdomen...that spider is fat!!! That's why it isnt eating and not moving much. Brachypelma hamorii should be fed evry 3-4 weeks. I'm a huge hamorii/smithi guy. That's a good looking spider.From what you are saying in pretty sure it's in premolt. I wouldnt mess with him.Any shriveling you might see on that big butt will be the separation between the old and new abdomens when it nears the time to shed it's old exoskeleton. Just keep a water dish full.</blockquote>