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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LiguoriL" data-source="post: 3075" data-attributes="member: 403"><p>My male rose haired tarantula was a gift given to me for my kindergarten class. He is one of our class pets. I have never owned a tarantula before. He is in a 10 gal glass tank with 5 inches high of pet store bought dirt at the bottom and a half log to hide under that he never goes in. He always sits on top of it.  I have never seen him molt or eat ever.  I put in 4 crickets a week and always have a small bowl of water. I assume he only eats at night because the crickets always disappear. Recently he must have fell in his cage. He is missing one back leg and the other back leg looks broken. He also can't use it. It just kind of drags along. I don't see anything oozing out from the leg, just the hairs are falling off. Also the bottom half of his abdomen is losing hair. Any advice is appreciated. Not sure where I am going wrong. Help!</p></blockquote><p></p>