is my emp pregnant, dying, or molting

i dont have a camera but some symptoms that she exhibits includes she doesnt hide and sits under the heat lamp all day, her plates are spaced apart a good bit, she is very lethargic and even when touched she hardly moves, she is fat but i havent seen her eat in two weeks, and she doesnt have much of a hard exoskeleton in fact i guess you could say her sides are "squishy" feeling. Any help would be great

What's your humidity and temperature like? It's not normal for them to hang out under a light all day.

Is her tail hanging out flat or is it curled up?

well my humidity is roughly 80 percent and my heat is 90 on the hotside and about 78 degrees on the cool side. Her tail curls up at times but also it will be flat as well

my other emp is fine he hides on the cool side most of the time under my rock i have for him...she just lies there out in the open but i do have a infared heating bulb so maybe that explains it?

You tank sounds a little too warm -- 85 is usually the recommended max for these guys.

Do you have a burrowable substrate? (i.e., coco fiber or peat -- not bark or chips or sand, etc.)

But yeah, as Connie said, there's a good chance your emp is just old. You can eliminate molting by the telson color and size -- subadults are noticeably smaller than adults and have a cream-colored telson instead of a brown one.

yeah my substrate is coco fiber and i have four good hiding places in there. Her telson by the way is a cream color it isnt that dark red. She moved under her rock lasr night and has been there ever since

if she's fat, inactive, and since she has a cream coloured telson, I'm guessing premoult.

how long does the moulting process take again?

the actually process doesn't take to long, usually a few hours.

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how long does the moulting process take again?

depends what you mean. while they molting or in premolt state. Sometimes they'll behave oddly a few weeks before molting.

well before the premoult how would you describe the behavior? what are some signs? Because she has been acting like this for say a week and i think if she were ill she would have been dead by now

Well sometimes they burry like crazy, They tend to stay away from open areas BUT some actually molt out in the open.

well i just got some pics but lol i dont know how to upload them...maybe they will help

by the way thats her on my avatar

Do they come out even in the night and just lay there? I mean i have infared light and i understand they cannot see it so is that typical?

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so moulting? just fat?

I cant see the telson color which is always the best indacator to tell you weather it's an adult or juvi. If you can take another picture showing the telson I would be able to tell you if it's an adult. If it is it's possible it might be gravid.

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