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Can one of you tell me if it’s normal for their abdominal to seem smaller after molting? Ours seems super small now.

Me too, I was about to flip it over to see if it just was having a hard time flipping back over after falling off the wall. That would have been bad I’m sure! It webbed a bunch on the ground and a bit up the wall last night, so knew something was up, but haven’t seen this process before.

Found our little guy on his back moving his legs slowly and immediately thought he was dying! Broke the news to my son (who the B.S. belongs to), who was bummed until I asked if it could just be molting. Yep, he was not dying but going through his/her first molt!! Now he/she is on top of...

I though it was dying!

Thanks. At least I know that’s normal now. I’ll keep an eye on the bald spots for color change. I’ve added a better picture too. Another thing, it’s been cozying up to the sidewall heat mat a lot lately. It hasn’t really been colder than usual, could this be part of that process?

Here’s a picture.

We’ve had this B.Smithi since just after Christmas. It hasn’t molted since we’ve had it. It’s looking kind of like it has mange. Quite a few bare looking spots. Is it getting ready to molt???

Good information! Thank you! We just bought what they suggested at the store. Of course his cage at the store was sopping wet, and the info online is so confusing! One page says 40-50% humidity, another 70%.

Good to know! We got what they suggested at the store. The information out there is so confusing! One page says 40-50% humidity the other 70%.

No, it is a slide in one, so if I slide it it will push him towards the opening or scare him and I’m worried he will fall. I may try the feet tickling!

We (I mean my son) have a young hamorri or smithi who has been wandering his cage a lot and has decided to live on the screen top. I think it’s because we left the crickets in there, or it’s too wet, or too warm (yes we’ve made a ton of rookie mistakes that I want to fix). How the heck to do...