New jumping spider

hannaletitia

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Hi I purchased my first ever jumping spider today along with the set up. I brought the little one home in the little tube container she was kept in in the shop she was very active and was watching everything that was going on. I quickly set up her enclosure for her to go in and took a look at her in her original pot. She didn’t look like she was moving much so I opened the pot and put it into the enclosure hoping she would find her way out however hours went by and she was still in there. I read online about gently getting them out so I carefully managed to get her out however still no movement and another couple of hours have gone by. I’m worried she may have died or so stressed out. I’m not sure if it’s just because she needs time to settle in but like I said it’s been hours and I’ve not seen her move at all she’s just sat on the floor of the enclosure. Any advice would be greatly appreciated
 

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Hi I purchased my first ever jumping spider today along with the set up. I brought the little one home in the little tube container she was kept in in the shop she was very active and was watching everything that was going on. I quickly set up her enclosure for her to go in and took a look at her in her original pot. She didn’t look like she was moving much so I opened the pot and put it into the enclosure hoping she would find her way out however hours went by and she was still in there. I read online about gently getting them out so I carefully managed to get her out however still no movement and another couple of hours have gone by. I’m worried she may have died or so stressed out. I’m not sure if it’s just because she needs time to settle in but like I said it’s been hours and I’ve not seen her move at all she’s just sat on the floor of the enclosure. Any advice would be greatly appreciated
Pictures of her would help, from what you've said it could be anything could be a moult could be stress.
Don't mess with her anymore tonigh, give her over night to settle if she's still on the floor in the morning post pics and together we can try and work out what's wrong 😊.
 

hannaletitia

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Pictures of her would help, from what you've said it could be anything could be a moult could be stress.
Don't mess with her anymore tonigh, give her over night to settle if she's still on the floor in the morning post pics and together we can try and work out what's wrong 😊.
 

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The first picture was when I first got out of the shop and the other 2 were a couple of hours apart. I’m just gutted if anything has happened as I really haven’t done anything 😩
 

Charliemum

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Those pics are very blurred so I can not tell if she has anything wrong but from what I can see she has nothing to climb on or cover, she may be sat still because there is no cover, most jumping spiders are arboreal and need things to climb on and places to hide, if you type jumping spider care into Google it will give lots of viv ideas to give your little one things to do. If you could get a clear pic of the spider in the mean time it would help.
 
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