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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nicolas C" data-source="post: 100129" data-attributes="member: 3795">I second [USER=4199]@kormath[/USER] on his very good analysis. Maybe your T is a male, but he's not mature yet.In other words:- Could be the substrate (mites infestation, too much moisture - GBB like it bone dry, etc.); changing it and cleaning the enclosure could be a solution.- Could be the temps (too hot or too cold); shouldn't be too difficult to adjust them. If you don't know how much the temp vary in your room while you're away, you could buy a cheap thermometer which can store datas of upper/lower temps a day. Watch out where the enclosure is standing (near a window? etc.).- Could be the consequences of a bad molt: it happened to one of my Grammostola iheringi, I never knew what was wrong, but maybe the fangs were damaged by the molt, or maybe some internal problems... it died after some months of weird behavior; in this case, there's nothing you can do.- Could be a worm problem (nematods): that's why kormath asked about the fluid around the mouth; other clues are lots of webbing, pedipalps bent inwards toward the mouth, erratic behavior; in this case, there are some treatments you could try, but I really cannot tell if they work.- Could be something else that I cannot understand. Of course.Is she eating on a regular basis?</blockquote>