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Yes I did, it's not soaking wet but it's not completely dry either.

Well, the substrate is humid, but not damp. I just give it few drops of water (1/2 ml) every 2 days.

On the last picture, it looks like a mold to me, but I'm not sure. Some of it is sticky like a web. I looked at it and found out it's missing her left pedipalp, i found it in the webbing that was below the lid.

Hello, i just found out that my P. metallica sling (1,5 cm from abdomen to carapace) is in a death curl and barely moves on touch. I've already took some high bowl with warm water and put a sieve with a paper towel over it with her. Her abdomen looks normal to me. Should I wait or do something...

Doesn't look suspicious to me, or can it also be internal?

Well, she was usually climbing on the glass, mostly behind the roots, but she was doing fine till the last moult...

I'm using normal cocofiber mixed with peat w/o any additives.

Hello, today I found my female Poecilotheria metallica dead, but she was not in a death curl, she was sticked to the front glass wall at the bottom. No idea what happened... After her last moult (8th of March), she rejected every insect I tried to give her (crickets, roaches, grasshoppers)...

Hello, three weeks ago I got a subadult/adult P. irminia and put her into fairly big plastic box. The first week I had no problem feeding her with two medium sized grasshoppers, but few days later, she made a tent (sort of) in the corner without any entrance and didn't even try to eat anything...