Quote Originally Posted by littleindiangirl View Post
I would recommend giving her a couple weeks to just chill. If you havent had her long (and I'm assuming this since you never answered that) only handle to change her substrate. Water can be changed once a week unless she soils it.

Try to make sure she is not in a high traffic area, no loud noise, tv's, vibrations, etc. Also, do you have a digital thermometer/hygrometer w/ a probe? I recommend them (accurite from walmart, 12$), those dial ones are crap.

After 2 weeks, offer her a meal. If she takes it, great! If not, give her some more time by herself with no interruptions.

Offer again in one week, and hopefully by now she will take it. After you get her eating regularly, then you can start thinking about handling her.

Remember, you want her to eat and poop before handling her. These are shy secretive animals. You can start brief handling sessions a few times a week once she is eating regularly. That's my 2 cents.
Answering your question, I've had her for almost a month. She pooped and ate before I held her and that was the first week I got her. I never handle her for more then 5 minutes and thats usually every other day. Up until her shed she ate normally but I think the stress of me helping her get the shed of her head might have stressed her out too much. She shed on sunday and I tried to help her tuesday. Later that night after all her skin was off I tried feeding her and she wouldn't take it. I guess she was just too wigged out. I havnt messed with her since last tuesday so Im assuming she's doing better.