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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nunua" data-source="post: 144017" data-attributes="member: 4947">Absolutely normal behavior. The position you describe is known as "stress curl", so you are correct when guessing that she is most likely still stressed out from the rehousing.At this point, no matter how stressed you are, you should stop touching her and leave her alone - otherwise she will stay constantly stressed and settling in drags out.It can take anything from hours to months for tarantula getting adjusted into the new place and start digging around or using the hide. She certainly keeps roaming around in the night, because that's the time when they usually are the most active - Everything is dark, and there are no excessive stimuli from people walking around etc. Tarantulas have those long hairs called setae that are extremely sensitive to all vibrations and the subtle strings of webbing on top of the substrate even amplify those vibrations.I hope the photos below will show you the difference between two curls. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Stress curl - This is how for example my N. chromatus sling usually sits when disturbed<img src="https://puu.sh/CACmG/c21e43e6f7.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Death curl - See how legs are curled under the tarantula exposing the carapace, because there is no longer fluid pressure to straighten them.<img src="https://puu.sh/CACiy/beac8aa1c5.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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