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Moving my T makes me so nervous. I got a new enclosure big enough to put the old one in until she gets out. She won't move. She doesn't like being evicted.
Tricky sometimes. I find that they tend to view the old enclosure as kind of a burrow and don't hover far from it. You may have to evict her eventually unless you get lucky and find her far enough away to remove the old enclosure.
I do all my cage transfers with a 32 oz deli cup and an 8" lollipop stick. I carefully put the cup right in front of the spider, at an angle, and gently touch it's rear legs with the lollipop stick. You want it to stay calm. If it gets worked up, try again another time.