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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fuzzball79" data-source="post: 45109" data-attributes="member: 3190">My B. Boehmei had stopped hiding when it was just under 1" LS. Before that I hardly ever saw it. It's got a lovely cork bark hide, which it has actually dug out a bit more, but only uses it during the night. During the day it always sits on either side of its enclosure. It seems to be in premolt at the moment (fat greying bottom and not eating), but while it used to be invisible for at least a month during that time, it is still out and about. At the moment it's my T. gigas sling who's the reclusive one <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> (long premolt phase), I only see its toes or bum occasionally.</blockquote>