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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Penny" data-source="post: 129078" data-attributes="member: 27807">Hello everyone,I recently joined this awesome forum and I am loving it!I have a male Brachypelma vagans that molted to a mature adult approx. two months ago. Because of this, I started feeding him less, upon recommendation by the "tarantula experts" at the local store I bought him from. Until a week ago everything seemed normal, he is very active walking around looking for girls ha!Last week I started noticing a small bald spot in his abdomen. I don't handle him, there haven't been any temperature or humidity issues, he had never had bald spots before... could it be that not finding a mate is stressing him out? Is he "marking" his territory with his hairs? As you can see in the picture, the bald spot is now huge! Should I worry?Any insights, recommendations or comments are greatly appreciated. I know he won't last long as a mature adult, but I would like to keep him comfortable.Thank you in advance!Penny</blockquote>