avicularia will not eat

[kia4evr]

Hello! I have a year old avicularia avicularia that I received from someone several months ago. I am thinking it may be a male just by appearance. It was eating great and then went through a molt two months ago and now I cannot get it to eat anything! Still moving around its enclosure but has not been interested in anything I have offered. I have tried crickets, dubias, meal worms and wax worms. Temp is around 75-78 degrees and I mist every week. Abdomen is looking good. Any ideas? I am going to clean out the enclosure in a few days and see if I need to make some changes

 

[Tarantula Trooper]

It would help greatly to post a pic. If your T has maled out it's feeding response may be diminished. Given a bit after the moult they eventually will eat. The males I have and have had their feeding responses have varied greatly across the board. Keep us posted.

 

[kia4evr]

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[kia4evr]

Those are the pics. I am going to be cleaning the tank out soon. Getting a new thermostat and hygrometer as well.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Can’t see anything from the pics. You honestly don’t need to clean the tank fully, just spot clean any poop on the walls and pick up any bolus.

 

[Jangmi]

Hello! I have a year old avicularia avicularia that I received from someone several months ago. I am thinking it may be a male just by appearance. It was eating great and then went through a molt two months ago and now I cannot get it to eat anything! Still moving around its enclosure but has not been interested in anything I have offered. I have tried crickets, dubias, meal worms and wax worms. Temp is around 75-78 degrees and I mist every week. Abdomen is looking good. Any ideas? I am going to clean out the enclosure in a few days and see if I need to make some changes

Mine is like that. I can't see it eating and crickets are not eaten immediately. It is nocturnal, it doesn't like the floor. It likes hiding, for first 6 months I had just a diorama with twigs and fake plants. But there was poop on glass so the spider was alive and eating. So I just trust crickets disappear overnight. I don't think the spider drinks water from the bowl so I make sure that there is some condensation on glass - now and again, I spotted the spider "licking " glass.
Crickets must be hungry waiting to be eaten, I spotted a few small holes in my fake plants.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Remove all live prey items from the enclosure if the spider isn’t eating them right away. There is a chance that the spider is in pre-molt.

Try leaving a pre-killed cricket at the entrance of the web tunnel to see if the spider will take it.

 

[Jangmi]

Remove all live prey items from the enclosure if the spider isn’t eating them right away. There is a chance that the spider is in pre-molt.

Try leaving a pre-killed cricket at the entrance of the web tunnel to see if the spider will take it.

I don't do that for several reasons.
1. The spider is usually not active day time and never took prey immediately. It disappeared during a night most of times.
2. The sign of molting was always obvious - the spider inside of nest, the entrance closed with web.
3. The nest is in the place that is difficult to access and I actually treat it as "spider's sanctuary", no prey to be dropped there.

I had my Pinktoe for over 2 years, so far so good