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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CrypticSpider" data-source="post: 72096" data-attributes="member: 17">Very good info posted by Scoolman.IMHO....  I think one of 2 things is going on with her.1) She is going to molt.2) She is near her time to go.IF she is weak, and does attempt to molt, she may not have the strength to complete it.Looking at her pics, she does seem quite healthy... just has a small but not shriveled abdomen. Only time will tell.The damp substrate may cause her stress, as 99% of all rosea/porteri (well...  the entire Grammostola genus, to be honest) cannot stand damp substrate.</blockquote>