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Message: <blockquote data-quote="timc" data-source="post: 194758" data-attributes="member: 4054"><p>New spiders (and old spiders for that matter) want, deserve, and need alone time. You won’t do it any good obsessing over it. Look from a distance for the next few days but otherwise, let it settle. She looks very plump and healthy, so as long as water is available, all should be well. Tarantulas are definitely a pet where “doing too much” can actually be a very bad thing for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>