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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Therasoid" data-source="post: 46538" data-attributes="member: 3538">Welcome to the forum.  B. smithi is a good choice as a sling. Although slow growers, but eat well and easy to keep. Is those your 1st tarantula?  Click on Browse, then Tarantulas by Genus and then Brachypelma. You'll find threads pertaining to feeding, molting and housing of this species. [emoji6]  Sometimes it can take a week or more for a T to adjust and feel secure in a new environment. Yours has a good sized opistothoma, so give it a few more days before feeding. My B. smithi sling is in premolt right now, but still fed on a pre killed cricket this morning. All my slings are fed twice weekly and only pre killed until 1" in size (pedipalps to spinnerets). This is my way, others have different ways, and my chime in on this. Good luck and happy T'ing. [emoji3]</blockquote>