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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nicolas C" data-source="post: 83698" data-attributes="member: 3795">I'm not sure to understand your question (my bad english!). If she doesn't seem interested with the leftovers of the beetle, you can take them out of the enclosure to avoid mites or decay. You can try feeding her a cricket in a few days and see if she's hungry or not.Her "defensive" behavior is normal: when you touch her, either you are a prey or an enemy. In both cases, she has to react like she does.At this point, I would advise you not to touch her and to leave her alone. These animals are best kept when only watched and not touched. Touching her will only stress her and could lead her (and you) into troubles. The interactions between you and a tarantula should be as less disturbing as possible: feeding, cleaning the enclosure, giving water, and that's it. If you want to handle a tarantula (which is a controversial subject), you should at least choose another spp. in my opinion (but I don't handle mine).</blockquote>