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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sabeth" data-source="post: 13521" data-attributes="member: 545">She went into premolt June 11 and molted sometime last night! Figures she'd wait til I was asleep, I really wanted to see the whole process! I woke up and she was completely out of the old skin, still on her back. Before long she flipped over. I can't believe how much size she gained! I'm wondering how on earth all of that body was contained inside her old skin. She's covered in bristles now (no more bald spot!), and she's shiny black with lovely orange-striped legs. She molted in front of the toilet-paper roll she uses as a burrow, so the exuvium ended up blocking the entrance, but she moved it out of the way and deposited it on the side for me to take care of. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> Well, I missed the entire molt really, so I unfortunately didn't get photos. It was amazing, though. That was a first for me. I'm still in awe...it's like a new birth! Just had to rant and rave about it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>