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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MervJLast" data-source="post: 34063" data-attributes="member: 3410">Hi all,I have a juvenille Mex. Red Knee I purchased a few weeks okay. He/she is constantly in its hide and rarely moves and looking generally a bit shabby/feeling sorry for itself. I'm led to believe this is most likely pre molt behaviour, but my concern is she/he is inactive seemingly all the time and refuses to eat a variety of live foods offered.The enclosure is a simple plastic tank which coco fiber and with little humidity as I know these species like a more arrid environment. I keep both my T's in a small box room turned into office with no natural light as such and just a 40 watt bulb so as to avoid a bright light, this area keeps a constant temp of around 22-25c , which I believe is ideal??Can anyone please advise if/where I'm going wrong and just any other general tips that may help ??BTW - my other T , (Female mature Chilean Rose), is just absolutely fine in her enclosure in the office, eats loads and seems very content!!Thanks all <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="http://www.tarantulaforum.com/images/tarantulasmiley.jpg"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":T:" title="Tarantula Smiley    :T:" data-shortname=":T:" />Merv.</blockquote>