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Message: <blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 224255" data-attributes="member: 29323">1. Try rotating your enclosure. I have to have the enclosure for one of my Huntsman spiders with the door to the wall, otherwise, I find it hard to feed & water her, as she likes to be at the front. & the whole front opens & she is either on the door, or straddling it. Rotating your enclosure may make it climb a different wall to the heat mat.2. NO, do not cover any air holes. I do not use any extra heat on any of my T's.  21 - 22 degrees is great. It is at the top end of comfortable temperatures for them. Air circulation is important, so do not cover any holes & you could probably switch off the heat mat & still have your T thrive. If it's warm enough for you, it is for your T.3. Some T's just like to spend their lives up the side of enclosures, even if the substrate & temperatures are correct. If your T has only been in it's enclosure for 3 weeks, it could be that it still feels that the substrate is too moist for it & that it will change behavior as the substrate dries out.   From the photo's your substrate looks dry, but give your T time to settle in & settle down.I have a Brachypelma Klassi that used to be a regular side climber. Now she has settled in. She is a very rare side climber. I used a very dry substrate in her new enclosure. But it still took her a few weeks to settle down.4. T's can go months, many months without feeding. And even good eaters will stop eating prior to a molt.5. Leave food in the enclosure for 24 hours. I have two adult Brachypelmas that I leave food in for 48 hours, as often they will not feed within 24, but 80-90% of the time will take it within 48 hours. Also what are you feeding your T? All of mine get crickets, but I have some who I intentionally give smaller crickets to, as I know they get stressed with larger crickets & will not eat.6. Stop worrying, your T is fine & you are doing fine. Give it time & you will get to know your T & it's likes & dislikes. They do have personalities of a sort & they do have their individual quirks.</blockquote>

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