G. pulchripes close to pre-molt?

Spiderlings that small usually look like balloons when they are in premoult. The abdomen will swell with fluid and will turn black all over when the exo underneath has formed. Then it could be a few days, or a few hours until they are ready.

Stay patient Joey

 

That's a hungry sling! It'll get ready to molt if you fatten it up. There is no such thing as an obese sling - feed, feed, feed!

 

And dry out that mansion. Just keep a small area damp and provide a water dish.

Doesn't look pre molt, but the pic is pretty distant.

This sling molted a day after this pic.

 

pre-killed food is always easiest.

You will find things much easier by putting it into a smaller enclosure...this is a G. pulchripes about the same size.

 

I can verify this. I'm very new to the hobby- got 3 slings and one juvenile two weeks ago. One of the slings is a G. pulchripes the same size and in the exact same deli cup.. it is doing really good.. very aggressive eater of live crickets. Body slams them to the ground as soon as the cricket hits the substrate.

 

Didn't catch this before my reply above. It looked like a huge enclosure from the starting post, so never mind my reply. I was just very surprised at the appropriate size enclosures at first. But now I can see the recommended sizes really do work quite well for them. Perhaps we can sort of compare as our pulchripes slings grow up....