Advice please - Mexican Blue

[Koodaberry9]

Hey Guys
I have had baby T just over a week 2 a pink salmon birdeater whos feeding well and a mex blue. Blue is quite livley but wont feed I have tried dead cut up food and live tiny crickets and it wont eat, any advice please?

 

[Blackdog]

Hey Guys
I have had baby T just over a week 2 a pink salmon birdeater whos feeding well and a mex blue. Blue is quite livley but wont feed I have tried dead cut up food and live tiny crickets and it wont eat, any advice please?

Don't worry they may be settling in. My L. Klugi birdeater ate a roach the same day I brought her home since she was last fed the week before at the pet shop. Voracious!!! My L. Paryhabana made a burrow and didn't come out for 3 weeks as a sling. Also maybe try wingless fruit flies. T's are silly with going without food for weeks & months. Check to see it could be pre-molt Good luck

 

[m0lsx]

A week is not very long. So nothing to worry about.

But what is a Mexican blue? There is the Bonnetina hijmenseni the Mexican Blue Leg & the Bonnetina cyanifemur, the Mexican Blue Femur & probably others. But I cannot think of a Mexican Blue.

 

[Koodaberry9]

Don't worry they may be settling in. My L. Klugi birdeater ate a roach the same day I brought her home since she was last fed the week before at the pet shop. Voracious!!! My L. Paryhabana made a burrow and didn't come out for 3 weeks as a sling. Also maybe try wingless fruit flies. T's are silly with going without food for weeks & months. Check to see it could be pre-molt Good luck

Thank You Blackdog

 

[Koodaberry9]

A week is not very long. So nothing to worry about.

But what is a Mexican blue? There is the Bonnetina hijmenseni the Mexican Blue Leg & the Bonnetina cyanifemur, the Mexican Blue Femur & probably others. But I cannot think of a Mexican Blue.

Hello
Proper name for above:
Pterinopelma sazmai

 

[m0lsx]

I forgot about the sazimai. I have a couple of them. As slings & Juvi's they tend to be pet holes, but when they are out, they fast & skittish & thus, as slings, juvi's they can be prone to disappearing over your shoulder if you lift the lid off when they are out. As adults, they seem to calm down a little. But they are a skittish/nervous T.

Sazimai's tend to be good eaters. But all T's will go off food prior to molting & most T's will also take some time to settle into a new enclosure and will often not eat during that period.

I would expect yours is simply taking a few days to settle in. And a week is not a long time.

 

[Arachnoclown]

"Brazilian blue tarantula"

 

[Bugzrule]

As Arachnoclown said, its the Brazilian Blue, not Mexican. This is why scientific names are useful.

 

[Ronit]

I agree with the others, 1 week is nothing. My Mexican red knee juvenile did not eat for 6 weeks when I got him and now eats for England ...

 

[Koodaberry9]

Yes Sorry its a Brazilian Blue, my bad!
Anyways found out why wasn't eating little thing was molting, gave it a week and now chomp chomp chomp!
Thanks Again for Advice All

Truly Appreciated
Kooda