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Is she dead ?

Jayreilly

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It is hard to say from a photo. But mostly T's die feet downwards & tucked under them, in a ball. Hence the term death curl. Normally when a T is on it's back, it is molting.

Moulting can take anything from a few minutes to many any hours. Just leave them to it. Arachnids have been doing it for several hundred million years & have almost got it sorted now.

T's will often move their legs when molting. But can also lie motionless for hours too.
 

Jayreilly

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She is motionless atm hoping its molt she hasnt done this before in molt she normally hides but shes out in the open so oit of character for her
 
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