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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kormath" data-source="post: 77000" data-attributes="member: 4199">sorry to hear this, but i'm not positive your actions were the cause of death.  I've done this myself without any bad results.My H. triseriatus i rehoused recently just after he molted.  He's my pet hole, never new he molted, had to rehouse from mold.  I scraped off the surface mold but you could smell it still in there.  His legs were still the opaque whiteish color when he crawled out of the burrow and into the new enclosure.  So his molt was within hours i'd guess.  He's doing fine, eats a lot like my pcam, the monster hiding just under the substrate <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I've also had to do rehousing right before molts, and they've all survived.  I think it was just time for that sling, not your actions.</blockquote>