New Tarantula owner looking for help

[katdust]

So i recently got a Sling( Chilean copper) and i have him/her in a small tank with organic potting soil and he/she keep trying to climb the walls of the tank should i try taking out the soil and putting in some eco dirt? also is it normal for them not to want to eat after having them for the first few days cause i have a small cricket in there and he/she is scared of him should i take the cricket out?

 

[77RRad]

If the dirt is wet , it probably don't like it, you need to take it all out and dry it. I use Eco earth and Vermiculite mix on all my Ts, some like it dry some like it damp.
Usually when you move them to a new home they can take some time before they eat.
Some will eat right away and some will take a week or so.
If it is running away from the cricket, I would just wait a few days and try to give it a cricket again.

Ron