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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheFredricus" data-source="post: 200593" data-attributes="member: 33482">Hi guys, I really need some good advice.About half a year ago, I adopted an Aphonopelma chalcodes (assumably female) that was unfortunately maltreated by her previous owners. I noticed right away that her abdomen was very thin for her size, but she did eat a cricket after moving here. I also noticed that one of her booklungs looked a bit swollen (see picture).She molted one month ago, and she looks really ameciated. She absolutely refuses to eat anything, dead or alive. She walks around with her fangs out, I've never seen this behaviour in a tarantula before, and she is often seen preening and cleaning her fangs. Today I noticed moisture around the strange-looking booklung (see picture). It might just be that she dipped her abdomen in the water bowl, but I'm really worried about her condition nontheless. She moves around normally and has both been drinking and defacating after molting. But her fangs, lung and refusal to have any food worries me sick.I have risen the temperature in her enclosure which made her a little more active, but she's still refusing food. The funny thing is that she does seem to have a feeding response at first, but just ignores the food or slowly backs away from it when it gets too close.The pictures show her strange "swollen" booklung (right after molting), how she keeps her fangs out and how the T looks with her small abdomen.</blockquote>