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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LeahThomas" data-source="post: 21359" data-attributes="member: 2195">Hey, sorry to keep posting a bunch of threads, but I figure as long as I have questions I should keep asking!I've had my little G. pulchripes sling for about a month now. It hasn't eaten since 1/19 and got pretty lethargic when it stopped eating. When I woke up yesterday morning there was a little webbed patch on top of the substrate, I was wondering if that's what people sometimes refer to as the "molting mat"? Since it's a sling it's hard to tell if the color is changing and if it's getting ready to molt, all I have to go off of is its behavior. I'm just trying to figure out if my sling is in premolt (because if so then it has been for a while...) and if it IS a molting mat, does that mean the molt will happen pretty soon or is it possible it could be a few more weeks? I attached a pic of the little webbed patch, also you can see my sling against the edge where it's been hanging out for around 24 hours. Hasn't moved.</blockquote>