I've been trying to get my new spider female to eat for about 4 weeks now. I took some peoples advice to let her be and get used to her new home and try and feed her everyweek. This didn't work for the first 3 weeks so i decided to do something different. I thought to myself that usually when i go in a get her out of her cage to feed her she is really shy and affraid. So i decided to handle her everyday for a week and then try to feed her this weekend. And it worked! I was very excited. So im thinking that for people who take their snakes out to feed them and are trying to get them to feed for the first time it would be better to handle them more so they aren't totally freaked when you take them out to feed them. What does everyone think about this idea?