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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ManlyMan7" data-source="post: 99755" data-attributes="member: 3569">Thanks. She was awesome. She would normally either freeze or flee in hand. She would get runny at times, and that was scary as she would run off the end of my hand and hang onto my hand with her last tarsal hooks, the swing under with all 55g of her. But she was not testy or even all that flicky. I would only get her out on the floor of my home office with its padded carpet and keep it all low to the ground. But I was determined to calm her down, and I did.I have seen vids online of much calmer antinous girls, so I am hopeful for this little one.Thanks for the care details. I think I did quite well with this big girl ((Zipporah), but as I did not raise her from a sling, and I only had her about a year before the space heater malfunctioned. I have seen differing care recommendations for them online, so I thought I would seek more info.And I have read that they can eat themselves to death, so that is why I brought it up. And my copy of Cleton, Sigwalt and Verdez's Tarantulas: Breedin Experience and Wildlife does caution not to overfeed gravid females (would LOVE to have the opportunity to breed them some day). Someone elsewhere claims they can't be overfed.</blockquote>