Curly hair tarantula won't eat

RebelWolf

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I have a question, so my curly hair tarantula is about 2 years old and every week she would eat crickets but now she's not eating. She moves around, when the cricket touches her, she moves away from it. Just ignoring the crickets and sits there. So I removed the crickets. Her abdomen isn't shriveled nor does she look like she's going into a death curl. What does this mean? Is she gonna molt? Is she not interested in eating right now? Anyone else ever experienced this with their tarantula or most specifically their curly hair tarantula? Please let me know. Thanks. Pics posted to show you her condition
 

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Brachyfan

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My curly hair does this fairly frequently. Usually before a molt.
 

PanzoN88

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They do fast before molting, some if fed too frequently will fast for an extended amount of time. I have 4 B. albopilosum and one is approaching 2 years without eating yet is still healthy and plump.
 

Liquifin

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She looks very, very, fat to me, so nothing really wrong here at all. I'm guessing she's just fasting (not eating) because she can't eat anymore after your excessive feeding schedule. A spider that size can be fed once a month and be fine. I didn't feed my B. albopilosum for almost 2 months because she was fat even after a molt. Once a week is excessive for a spider that size, so for starters you can feed her way less. A fat spider is better than a skinny spider but it's still not a healthy T. since it's obese. So let her slowly burn off some girth. But she honestly looks well, so nothing serious here.
 

cold blood

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It means it's full. Tarantulas only need so much food intake before they're ready to molt again. There's no need to offer food or worry about it even if it's 6 months or more. It's just a waiting game.
 
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