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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MrKrowe" data-source="post: 152821" data-attributes="member: 28893"><p>Coming to this a bit late, apologies. As [USER=27444]@Arachnoclown[/USER] said, you need to compact the substrate and let it dry out. Grammostola pulchripes, which I assume we are talking about here, lives in arid areas so it likes it dry. Your spider will not accept food while it feels uncomfortable. These spiders live most of their lives in a burrow waiting for food to walk by so they don’t eat very often. Once you have dried out and compacted the substrate in her enclosure try leaving her for a couple of weeks while she settles in, she won’t starve but you should make sure she has access to a water dish. You will know she is settled when she has laid down some web.</p></blockquote><p></p>