I recently purchased a young Spider Ball (hatched August 12th). I know this is not advisable, but I feel I can handle the task, so I talked the breeder into letting me take her home before her first shed, meal, etc.

I currently have her in a fairly small enclosure and placed a black hide box inside of it. She spends about 90% of her time in the hidebox, but has come out twice to drink. She does not get handled at all...I only lift the box slightly to check on her about once a day (this is done under dim lighting as i dont want to stress her with lights).

Now for the point of the thread. As of monday the 17th I noticed her belly turned pink and her eyes clouded over (pre-shed I am assuming). The breeder told me that once she does this I should add some damp paper towels to raise the humidity and assist in her shedding successfuly (I have done so). How long (roughly) should it take her to finish her shed from the time her eyes clouded over? Is there any additional advice you all can offer me?

Also...I was told to offer her a food item about a week after her first shed. Is this correct?

Thanks in advance,
-Jordan