Remove majority of the shed exuvium and bring the spider here so I can remove the rest under the scope, if you want...

Very generous off you Mr Scarab, but if you remember I'm a bit too far for a visit

Never the less, thank you for the offer.

Jeeezzz mate, I can't keep up with who lives where... sorry.

I think your spider should be OK. VERY carefully remove what you can, then continue with the special care you are giving it now.

This concludes episode one...

Yes, give the guy a chance. I recently lost a C huahini and I was heartbroken, he moulted and had only five legs and no pedipalps. He ate with difficulty but he did get it right. Then he moulted soon after again but died in the process. I was heartbroken to say the least as he was one of my favourites because he built such nice burrows and had the loveliest webbing. I would love to get one again. I could not help but find him fascinating because of his behaviour and the way he waited for food.

Its been a week now, this is what he looks like. He seems to have regained his strength. I'm going to rehouse him into a 15cm x 15cm tub. Should I provide him with a hide? How should I feed him? Small dead crickets?

Very sad, but it's alive, therefor it has a chance.

A hide will do no good. I would not even consider a "normal" arboreal enclosure, it is obvious this spider will find it extremely difficult to climb. Take a standard terrestrial enclosure and place a perch at a very shallow angle, say 20 to 30 degrees and rest it on the side of the enclosure. This will aid the spider should it want to "crawl" upwards.

Take a medium sized cricked and remove all but two front legs. The reason for this IMO is that if you remove all the legs from the cricket, it is unable to move in any way. If it has two legs left, it is likely to move those legs when gripped in tweezers, making it easier for the spider to detect the cricket. Crab the cricket in tweezers and present it to the pedipalps. This will take extreme patients, but keep at it if at first it does not take the prey.

Good luck again, this is a test for both you and this poor spider...