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Should i fear the worst?

giantspleen

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my new little GBB flipped on its back about 36 hours ago....he was wiggling And trying his damndest to break through but after 24 hours he stopped moving. I thought he was dead but i let him be. I just checked and blew on him a little bit and he started wiggling again. Is the little guy just slowly dying stuck in his molt or does he still have a chance? Any advice? Has anyone experienced this for this amount of time with a successful molt? I upped humidity And whatnot although it's enclosure is still pretty moist from new substrate (I've had him for 10 days) but I'm at a loss of what is going on.

Attatched is a picture of the current position. As i said, it's been about 36 hours. He's about 3/4 inch
 

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Tnoob

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Just make sure it has water. These things can take time. If your T is going to die it will be too late probably.
 

Rs50matt

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Tarantulas molt using internal humidity. Don't disturb it just incase but it looks like it started molting then might have got stuck. There isn't really anything you can do unfortunately
 

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