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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Glok69" data-source="post: 240085" data-attributes="member: 49862">Hi folks.  I have a 3 year Carabean versicolor who went into premolt just over two months ago.  I have the usual jitters as I see absolutely no sign of life behind the pirce of bark wood he/she likes to call home.  The webbing is so thick I really can't see anything and I don't want to destroy it or frighten the spider at such a vunerable time.  I guess my worry stems from the idea that males only live 3-5 years so if it IS male...Then again...it's all the classic signs of premolt. I guess my question is..how long is too long for the pre-molt? I think the last time around, he/she was a solid three months. Then one morning, I opened the top of the enclosure to spray some water in and it almost escaped! I saw it at the bottom but that was actually the shed exoskeleton. The sly thing tricked me with a decoy!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />So, should I cut through the webbing to see what's happening or give it another month?</blockquote>