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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KhoanScart" data-source="post: 144016" data-attributes="member: 28762">I'm a brand new tarantula owner.  I have a pre-adult 4 to 5 inch female A. Seemanni.  The first day I got her she was relatively active, exploring her new enclosure and drinking from her water dish.  Yesterday morning, I found her bunched up in the corner of the enclosure with her front legs huddled together.  I didn't think much of it and left her alone.  When I came back from work 8 hours later she was still in the same position.  I didn't want to bother her but I was afraid she may have died, so I gently prodded her to see if she would react.  She was a bit slow to react but she did start moving and went to the other side of the enclosure.  I cleaned her water dish and gave her fresh water and left her alone for the rest of the night.  This morning I found her on top of her hide, facing the corner of the enclosure with her front legs bunched up again.  I was afraid it may be a death curls so I took a clean make up brush and gently stroked her abdoman and back legs.  She reacted immediately and turned around a bit so I'm leaving her alone for now.  I know she's not dehydrated, because I saw her drink on the first night and there's substrate in her water dish again so I'm assuming she drank last night too.  Is this normal?  Could it be that she's still a little stressed from rehousing?  As long as she reacts immediately to stimuli is she okay?</blockquote>

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