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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PamCz" data-source="post: 46935" data-attributes="member: 3784">[USER=3458]@Enn49[/USER]  It can be fairly nerve wracking! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />So, I just checked on Indigo, and she's alive.  Opened the enclosure, opened up her burrow a little and lightly touched her (she wasn't upside-down)...& she moved.  Whew.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I looked around her burrow and I see no molt, so I think she's still premolt.  Can't really tell.  I'll put a cricket in there tonight before bed and see what happens.  Probably will find a live cricket in the morning.  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Edit to add:  her burrow is a plastic exoterra burrow...  When I say she's buried in her burrow, I mean she built a huge dirt mound in front of it, sealed the TINY 1 cm opening with web.  So, I just broke thru the web and slightly enlarged the hole, so I could see.  No major burrow destruction. lol...  Also, she's about a 4" specimen.  I figure if she's hiding now, after not using her burrow EVER in the first few months I've had her, it must be molt related.</blockquote>

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