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Message: <blockquote data-quote="amberroseknows" data-source="post: 198486" data-attributes="member: 37532">Hello all,I may just be impatient, I'm hoping someone can help shed light (heh, "shed", get it, molt) on what's going on.Warning, long read. I just want to provide all the info. I purchased a small Costa Rican Stripe Knee (A. seemani) on 4.24.21 (legs stretched, she prolly only fills the average palm) She eats weekly, and has worked her way up to 3 adult crickets, sometimes with 2 small blue worms as treats. She has never refused a meal. She is very active, exploring her entire enclosure at night once everyone goes to bed, and doesn't show any signs of poor health or stress. The only difference between now and when I got her, is a fat bald spot on her rump, but its still light tan in color, and hasn't darkened like most say happens upon molting. she poops regularly as far as i can tell.I did notice her enclosure was on the drier side, I was keeping it at 50-60%, but the CA heatwave saw it get down to 38% but that was only for about a week. I recently just dumped a fresh bottle of water in her tank and layed a towel over the top and its been 70% for a solid week now. she hasn't been concealing herself during the day like usual, she has been posted on top of the wet substrate for a solid 3 to 4 days now, not moving. I'm wondering if maybe she was "ready" to molt but it was too dry? and now shes soaking up all the mositure she can? But the feed response still confuses me. She absolutely launches herself at anything that moves, thinking its food. (even attacking the water overflow from her bowl )anyway, attached are some photos of Toy Chica the Stripe Knee and her current enclosure. i plan on putting her in a 12x8x8 Tarantula Cribs enclosure in hopes it holds more moisture and to avoid any toesies getting caught in the screen lid she has now. photo #1: the wet corner she posted up in the last weekphoto 2: her current enclosure photo 3: her underside photo 4 and 5: bonus feeding photos cuz hers purty :>(side question, can anyone tell the sex from her underside photo by chance? i think he or she is too small still) Thanks for any info, and sorry for the novel  Im open to any and all critique.</blockquote>

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