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Message: <blockquote data-quote="scottyw33" data-source="post: 238926" data-attributes="member: 49628"><p>Hey everyone! I’m new to the hobby. I got my first T (a healthy GBB) about a week ago. The online shop I went to ended up being a terrible experience. Their site had a listing for confirmed females supposedly 2” in size and I went ahead and placed the order. When she arrived, after no communication or specifics on shipping until the day of pick up, it turned out she is more like 4-4.5” in size. I built out a medium tarantula cribs slider 8x6x6. With a small hide and some fake plants and a water dish. She, to me, seems too big for this enclosure. She can’t fit in the hide, I had to remove some of the plants and decor I had in there to try to give her some more space. Watching her over the last week, she barely moves. She doesn’t have a proper place to hide away. In hindsight sight I should have had extra supplies and maybe an extra enclosure on hand but I trusted the online shop and it didn’t work out that way. I’m wondering if I should leave her be or build a new enclosure or redo her current one with an appropriate sized hide and move things about to maximize space. I know she’s still settling in, is it bad to rehouse her right away if it’s for her benefit in the long run? Should I wait longer and see how she does? She just doesn’t seem happy, but again I’m sure she’s stressed about the shipping and being in a new space. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!</p></blockquote><p></p>

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