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Message: <blockquote data-quote="redsniper" data-source="post: 135519" data-attributes="member: 28171">I'm incredibly new to tarantula keeping, and have had an avicularia metallica for a little over 3 months now, and she just molted for me about 4 or so days ago.The thing is, she was very thin (and dehydrated) when I got her, so thin that I thought she was a male. To top it off, she's a picky eater and has only taken dubias maybe twice, while preferring red runners (which I hate) and didn't get a chance to plump up a whole lot before molting.How thin can a T be before it's too dangerous for them? Her abdomen is probably half the size of her head now, while it was a little bigger than her head before molt. I know I just need to wait until she hardens up before trying to feed her again, but I'm worried for my baby.Also, here's how perfect of a molt she left me! Love her to bits <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops!    :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" />[ATTACH=full]31707[/ATTACH]</blockquote>