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Message: <blockquote data-quote="testdasi" data-source="post: 175091" data-attributes="member: 32655">This is the somewhat unfortunate part of tarantula keeping and no matter how long you keep them, it always worries you when the T locks itself up with no sign of life.(this is one of the reasons I don't like fossorials and slings - too much stress on the keeper <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />)Rest assured 99% of the time, it is going to be fine. Sometimes the biggest risk to a tarantula is a worried keeper so try hard to just leave it. If it's moulting, for example, then your digging it out is a pretty much guaranteed death.</blockquote>