They say to not feed a new spider for a week to give it time to settle in. I've got a B.smith but mine is only 1cm if that and I feed it on micro crickets, one on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. At the moment though its not eating. I tried it with a dead cricket as some little ones are scared of live food but it just carried it away from its hide and dumped it. As for handling, I don't handle mine but its down to personal choice really. I'd be scared I'd drop it and it would die. I know that BTS don't agree with handling.

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