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Concerned about my P. metallica
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<blockquote data-quote="micheldied" data-source="post: 60727" data-attributes="member: 4088"><p>Slings can go for a long time without food, if they were well fed before. Abdomen size is what you should look out for. It's very possible your sling is going into premolt again.</p><p></p><p>My personal experience with P. metallica hasn't been long, I've had other Pokies for much longer. However, I've found that with my two P. metallica slings, they start fasting for a molt much earlier than any other Pokie I've had. My two went over 40 days without food before actually molting, and they were 1 inch slings. I've also had to leave prekilled food because they're so skittish, and will only take much smaller live prey items. Very different from any other Poecilotheria species I've owned before.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="micheldied, post: 60727, member: 4088"] Slings can go for a long time without food, if they were well fed before. Abdomen size is what you should look out for. It's very possible your sling is going into premolt again. My personal experience with P. metallica hasn't been long, I've had other Pokies for much longer. However, I've found that with my two P. metallica slings, they start fasting for a molt much earlier than any other Pokie I've had. My two went over 40 days without food before actually molting, and they were 1 inch slings. I've also had to leave prekilled food because they're so skittish, and will only take much smaller live prey items. Very different from any other Poecilotheria species I've owned before. [/QUOTE]
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