Yes he's fine. Looking back at it and as can be seen in the photo he actually molted and wasn't in an upside-down position. He secured himself to his webbing and pushed out upwards, resulting in him falling of his web and into the substrate.
Is this type of molt common?
Yes, of course. I have a fair bit of experience with molts, but I guess I've always discovered my T's on their back or having already completed the molt. This situation was new to me.
I suspected premolt and it stopped eating a week ago. I've just been waiting and checking, but was surprised at...
WOW. He literally molted and is done in the time that I wrote the post and now. He appears to have fallen off the web hammock and is on his back on the substrate, but he appears fine. Moving and stretching his legs.
I must have checked in on him with my son the moment before he was about to molt
No, he's nice and plump. He'd been eating steadily up until a few days ago. Largeish cricket every two days (relative to his size, he's just shy of 1")
Also, though I haven't seen him drink, his water dish has definitely been diminishing at a higher rate than can be attributed to evaporation.
Took my 3.5 year old son in T room to check on our new additions and show him one of the first molts since they've been in our care (G pulchripes) . All was well and then I looked at the GBB who had flattened itself out on its web hammock. It just didn't seem right, I picked up his deli cup...
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