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Message: <blockquote data-quote="deliciousDelay" data-source="post: 188174" data-attributes="member: 35809">Hello tarantula owners! I have never owned an arachnid before and recently received one as a gift. It was admittedly a joke gift from my girlfriend's brother but I am super excited to raise her (he said he ordered a female). We received her shortly before Christmas. He did some basic research and ordered us an enclosure with bedding, debris to web onto, water dish, etc. She is a sling. Super tiny. About the size of my index finger nail. She has eaten once since we got her, and when she did DAMN!!! She snatched up a mealworm at lightning speed. It was awesome to watch. That was maybe around New Years. So this is why I am joining a spider forum... She seems to be doing well but hasn't eaten since. We try to feed her maybe once every 5 days but she has shown little interest in feeding. Any mealworm we have put into the enclosure, whether near her or directly into her webbing has gone uneaten. I make sure to collect any uneaten food a day or so after. We keep her water dish filled also. Her enclosure is large for her size. Probably 8" tall by 4" squared at the base. She has decided to take up residence at the top of a piece of bark, webbing between that and a fake leafy plant. All of this came as a whole. It was sold as a spider enclosure. Not some cobbled together mess we put together ourselves. We keep her in the living room where she gets probably 12-15 hours of light a day. It is a fairly heavily trafficked area of our apartment. Is there anything I should be doing differently? More/less light? Quietervarea of the house? My girlfriend isn't entirely sold on the thought of a spider living in the house but she is coming around to it. I just want to make sure the spider gets the care it needs and what I can do to stoke her appetite. Any advice y'all can give would be much appreciated. Thank you.</blockquote>

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