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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RedCapTrio" data-source="post: 50086" data-attributes="member: 4027">[USER=3190]@Fuzzball79[/USER] Hang in there, I guess when it's time to go then it's time.I have been reading through this thread from page1 and two hours later, felt quite relieved and then tempted to get another T! I've had my first B. smithi just last Saturday and been researching every chance I get (got a thread started already).Now, I am faced with a dilemma since I know that it is on pre-molt (been hiding, burrowing and covered entrance of its cave with substrate and webbing, abdomen blackish for four days now) and then discovered that one side of the enclosure has a little mold in the substrate (on the glass and substrate not in the surface). I was not able to take photos since I have been reading since I've discovered it this afternoon. I hoped to get advice here and discovered this molting thread instead so got offtracked.BTW, what are the effects of mold on a molting T? I've been checking its burrow and B. smithi aka Tartar is okay, not really moving much but is facing there then facing here each time I check. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes    :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />Thanks for any replies... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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