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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tomoran" data-source="post: 97114" data-attributes="member: 1152">Awwww...poor little dude! It's experienced some trauma and it's in a new environment, so I would give it some time to settle in before trying to feed it. Make sure it has a spot to feel secure; that will help. Of the species of pokies I've raised, the gooty (P. metallica) was the one that would sometime refuse food as a sling. It was a bit shyer than some of my others.If it has lost a pedipalp, you may consider killing or wounding the cricket before you put it in to make it easier for you spider to subdue and eat it. Drop it in the enclosure at night, and remove it the next morning if it hasn't eaten.</blockquote>