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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LegacyCode" data-source="post: 64982" data-attributes="member: 4323">Just signed up to this forum as i recently got a first spider, (Brachypelma smithi from tarantulabristol.co.uk) size not counting the legs is about 3.5~4cm, I've got her on the 14th, She was sent on the 12th this month.I tried to feed her a maggot with some tweezers the day after i got her but she seemed to back off from it with some quick movements. The day after that i left one maggot in the enclosure, but she never bothered with that one either. I've left her alone for now.My questions is, could it possibly be the maggots she doesn't like based on the reaction? Did i just feed her too soon after being shipped?I did a lot of reading before i got one and pretty much everywhere i read it says it's normal for a spider not to eat for quite some time. However as a first time spider owner i'm not sure about everything yet.</blockquote>