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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jess S" data-source="post: 162596" data-attributes="member: 29302">It is unusual but I have seen photos of older tarantulas in premoult with abdomens like that. I would check for signs of life first though. As it does concern me that you say it hasn't moved so much as a leg. You can give the back leg a touch with a brush, if it moves a leg, hooray. Then place a shallow water dish right in front of it (so the rim is level with the substrate, that should get it moving again, don't forget to use tongs).They are extremely sluggish in premoult. I've got a 1.5 cm smithi, that sat in the same spot for 3.5 weeks.Ps yours looks more like a hamorii to me, but I'm no taxonomist so take that with a pinch of salt</blockquote>