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Message: <blockquote data-quote="x_raphael_xx" data-source="post: 200933" data-attributes="member: 37624">Evening all, my avics avics sling hasn't eaten since I got her 2 weeks ago. Shes 1.5cm.I've left small dead crickets and live fruitflies in her enclosure, she hasn't touched the crickets and runs away from the flies. She wouldn't leave the ground and was sitting in a stress pose so I took the flies out and she seemed happier, shes started climbing and built some light webbing. I left her a week and tried flies again today, they are just startling her.I thought perhaps shes in premolt, but I'm not experienced enough yet to tell just by looking. Shes so fluffy and small I can't see if she's too thin or an okay weight.[ATTACH=full]59370[/ATTACH]I'm probably stressing over nothing, but as all my other spoods eat well, and I've had no problems with my c.versicolor sling, I'm worried I'm doing something wrong.I've heard avics can be a 'delicate' species, I've made sure she has cross ventilation and I'm dampening the substrate.Please help with suggestions, or just confirm I'm being an overprotective 'parent'.</blockquote>