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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TarantulaMamma" data-source="post: 241821" data-attributes="member: 50759"><p>Hello all!  My dear little Tiggy (juvie Davus sp oaxaca) has been in her self-made "cave" for over a month now.  She dug into the substrate and kinda pulled some peat moss over top, and has been hiding out there.  It's against the glass of her enclosure so I can see her in there.  Her favourite position seems to be standing up on hind legs almost vertical, with front end against the glass.  Seems that she prefers standing up to being on the ground.  I understand that T's will hole up and hide out and not hunt for food when they are pre-moult.  But it's been several weeks and I worry that she will dehydrate or starve.  So I keep her water dish full and every few days squirt a bit of water (maybe a teaspoon) with an eyedropper against the wall where she is leaning, and she knows it's there because she moves away from the water drops for several minutes.  I want her first moult to go well - hope I'm doing the right thing and that this is normal.</p></blockquote><p></p>