Help! B. Smithi stuck in pre-molt? Hasn't moved for 2 weeks and looks dehydrated.

[Flurble]

So my Tarantula hasn't moved in a couple weeks and has been in that exact position (not even a little leg move). I would assume its just premolt as he has been a bit sluggish and eating little up to this point. Though I'm getting concerned as his abdomen looks like its shriveling. I've begun misting a corner of his enclosure to hopefully help, but Im wondering if he is sick and I should attempt to give him some water with an eye dropper. I've only had him for about a year and this is my first molt with him. He is not yet doing the death curl so Im not giving up on him!! I've attached some pictures.

Any advice or help I would greatly appreciate :')

 

[Arachnoclown]

Shriveling abdomen...that spider is fat!!! That's why it isnt eating and not moving much. Brachypelma hamorii should be fed evry 3-4 weeks. I'm a huge hamorii/smithi guy. That's a good looking spider.
From what you are saying in pretty sure it's in premolt. I wouldnt mess with him.
Any shriveling you might see on that big butt will be the separation between the old and new abdomens when it nears the time to shed it's old exoskeleton. Just keep a water dish full.

 

[Flurble]

Shriveling abdomen...that spider is fat!!! That's why it isnt eating and not moving much. Brachypelma hamorii should be fed evry 3-4 weeks. I'm a huge hamorii/smithi guy. That's a good looking spider.
From what you are saying in pretty sure it's in premolt. I wouldnt mess with him.
Any shriveling you might see on that big butt will be the separation between the old and new abdomens when it nears the time to shed it's old exoskeleton. Just keep a water dish full.

Thanks friend that is relieving to hear! Though, I did take some other pictures to really show what hose wrinkles look like, I’m still slightly concerned because it looks as though the top of his abdomen has even flattened a little, is that normal?

 

[Arachnoclown]

Thanks friend that is relieving to hear! Though, I did take some other pictures to really show what hose wrinkles look like, I’m still slightly concerned because it looks as though the top of his abdomen has even flattened a little, is that normal?

Looks strange. Does he respond if you touch him with a paint brush?

 

[Jess S]

It is unusual but I have seen photos of older tarantulas in premoult with abdomens like that. I would check for signs of life first though. As it does concern me that you say it hasn't moved so much as a leg. You can give the back leg a touch with a brush, if it moves a leg, hooray. Then place a shallow water dish right in front of it (so the rim is level with the substrate, that should get it moving again, don't forget to use tongs).

They are extremely sluggish in premoult. I've got a 1.5 cm smithi, that sat in the same spot for 3.5 weeks.

Ps yours looks more like a hamorii to me, but I'm no taxonomist so take that with a pinch of salt

 

[Jess S]

Any update on your tarantula @Flurble ?