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I found my juvenile Megaphobema robustum in a death curl this morning. She was right side up, not upside down like in a molting position. I thought she was dead, but upon gently moving one of her legs with a paintbrush, she started moving the other leg. There is slight movement, and it seems to increase then stop. She recently had a successful molt, and her abdomen isn’t shriveled but small because she molted around 1-2 weeks ago. I keep her enclosure half damp substrate with a full water dish. She recently covered her burrow and has not attempted to make another. I tried to recreate ICU conditions, thinking she may be dehydrated. I put the front of her in her water dish so she can drink. Immediately upon doing so her movement increased, and the water was gone shortly after so I refilled it. I thought this was a good sign but she hasn’t even twitched for around 20 minutes. I’m sadly assuming she’s gone. I’m not sure what else I can do. I do not have a mesh lid, she has half damp substrate that is deep so she can burrow, a hide, and not enough room at the top of her enclosure to have fallen and injured herself. I’m wondering if there’s anything else I can do. I just sexed a molt and she is a female as well, which upsets me more. So since she hadn’t been moving I decided to extend one of her back legs again to see if there’s movement. When I did, she slowly moved it back to the slightly curled position. I’m wondering if that means she’s still alive, considering she’s not going limp just repositioning into the curl. I’ve never had a tarantula die so I’m not sure if they recurl when you move their legs or they go limp. Any advice would be appreciated. Sorry if these are dumb questions or if I’m rambling, I’m pretty stressed out right now.