Andrew Has A Question

[Andrew Murdoch]

Thanks for the replies from my posts you guys.
My Grammostola Rosea lives in my viv, it does not have a burrow as such, but has moved substrate about abd has made a shallow hollow where it rests. It has covered this area with web which is mixed with substrate, it is like a spongey area. It is only this area where it rests that is covered. Does this indicate/mean that it is in pre-molt.
Or is this just my T making itself at 'home'.

[James Box]

probably just making itself at home, though you never know. is it brightly coloured still? if so, maybe you've got a bit of a wait ahead.
my G rosea's tend to avoid food for quite a while before showing any signs of moulting, and since they're good fasters, i try not to stress that they're not eating. of course, that's hard haha
for me that's the best sign in their case, though it's not 100%. if you can see their abdomen at all, it'll darken just before the moult, but if your rosea is as chilled as mine, you may not get that much notice.

[Peter Roach]

I have 4 chile's. One (RCF) thinks it is a JCB and shoves the substrate around nearly every day while the other 3
(1 x NCF , 2 X RCF) wouldnt dare move so much as a particle of their substrate. Each individual spider is different, one of the non substrate moving RCF's has the manners of a Haplopelma minax while the other 3 are like lickle puppies