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My Brachypelma auratum molted yesterday, but it was a bad molt. I've never seen this before, and I've consulted a couple pros and they haven't either. So now it's up for everybody to see, anybody who has seen or had this problem please let me know. I'll give a quick description and hypothesis but the pic pretty much explains it all. So the T molted and apparently (in my opinion) it was a premature molt, or the new cuticle got stuck to the older skin. I'm not sure if it was lack of moisture that caused this or what, her abdomen was black (hemolymph between old and new skin like normal) just like it should be and she even seemed to get out of her old skin smoothly (minus 1/2 the skin though); but that part is over and I'm trying to figure out what to do now. Her abdomen looks like a human scab or something, it's very dry and cracky, and is considerably lower than the skin around it that did develop properly (she's basically missing a layer of skin). Even though she is a desert-subdesert/tropical species, I am now keeping her a bit warmer and very moist. I put a few drops of water on her abdomen which possibly helped. I'm just worried that like chapped lips as she feeds and the abdomen swells it will split and crack and consequently bleed. Any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!! I've had tons of spiders for a long time now and this is my first molting problem I've had to face, and it looks like a tough one. I would love to know what happened and why, and what I need to do, if anything different than what I am doing already. Please help and God bless...Thanks (pm or e-mail codewilster@yahoo.com)