Is my tarantula in pre-molt?

[Sorafromkh2]

She was in a stress curl for a while and refused food. I'm not sure if she's big enough to be in pre-molt, maybe she just is refusing food cause stress. Does she look overweight? I saw small bald spots on her but not anything too noticable

 

[DustyD]

Any updates?

She could be in pre molt. Hard for me to tell. Maybe more pictures of the T and her enclosure might help.

 

[Sorafromkh2]

Any updates?

She could be in pre molt. Hard for me to tell. Maybe more pictures of the T and her enclosure might help.

She's kept in a enclosure like the one shown below since she's a smaller T (3 inches) I keep her with a five and a half inch cork bark hide and bottle cap filled with filtered water as a water bowl , and to raise humidity. She's been out of her hide for about a week now which she NEVER goes out of, I also caught her webbing for the first time in a while this morning. I have a photo of her in the stress curl and webbing which looks kinda similar. Maybe she's just resting, so far no molt but she looks a lot plumper than usual and isn't eating, I power fed and took a break after a while so I don't know if she's about to molt since she was power fed or she's not hungry.

"stress curl"

webbing

Size of enclosure and set up

 

[Arachnoclown]

That's at typical spider stance. Doesn't look stressed at all. Power feeding is a reptile term and doesn't apply to this hobby. A spider only grows when the time is right. Feeding it fast just means longer periods of fast until the growth cycle of the new exo skeleton catches up.

 

[AndyBunn]

a tarantula can be in pre molt for a long time before the actual molt happens.

Best thing to do is provide water and up the humidity a bit and sit and wait.