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Could i be overfeeding my T?
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<blockquote data-quote="Arachnoclown" data-source="post: 133354" data-attributes="member: 27444"><p>Slings get fed 2 times a week one pinhead roach or cricket.</p><p>Juveniles get fed once a week 2-3 medium size roaches or crickets.</p><p>Adults gets fed every 2 weeks 5-6 large roaches or crickets.</p><p>Theraphosa stirmi's 2-3 weeks 12 roaches or crickets or 2-3 hissers.</p><p>This is just how I feed mine. They are built with a slow metabolism so there is no need to feed them constantly. Slings I feed the most till they reach about 1" then they get the juvenile menu. Naturally your Ts can go well over a year without food....of course water is a must. Humans try to feed there Ts like dogs and cats and this tends to create problems. Long fasting periods, and Ive even read early death in some cases (males I believe). Weather this is true or not I've never had a T starve in 36 years feeding this way. If boredom is a problem I would suggest more tarantulas so you'll have a tarantula everyday to feed. Ive got over 300 so I've always got something to feed so I don't experience this problem.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /><img src="http://www.tarantulaforum.com/images/tarantulasmiley.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":T:" title="Tarantula Smiley :T:" data-shortname=":T:" /><img src="http://www.tarantulaforum.com/images/tarantulasmiley.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":T:" title="Tarantula Smiley :T:" data-shortname=":T:" /><img src="http://www.tarantulaforum.com/images/tarantulasmiley.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":T:" title="Tarantula Smiley :T:" data-shortname=":T:" /><img src="http://www.tarantulaforum.com/images/tarantulasmiley.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":T:" title="Tarantula Smiley :T:" data-shortname=":T:" /><img src="http://www.tarantulaforum.com/images/tarantulasmiley.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":T:" title="Tarantula Smiley :T:" data-shortname=":T:" /><img src="http://www.tarantulaforum.com/images/tarantulasmiley.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":T:" title="Tarantula Smiley :T:" data-shortname=":T:" /><img src="http://www.tarantulaforum.com/images/tarantulasmiley.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":T:" title="Tarantula Smiley :T:" data-shortname=":T:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arachnoclown, post: 133354, member: 27444"] Slings get fed 2 times a week one pinhead roach or cricket. Juveniles get fed once a week 2-3 medium size roaches or crickets. Adults gets fed every 2 weeks 5-6 large roaches or crickets. Theraphosa stirmi's 2-3 weeks 12 roaches or crickets or 2-3 hissers. This is just how I feed mine. They are built with a slow metabolism so there is no need to feed them constantly. Slings I feed the most till they reach about 1" then they get the juvenile menu. Naturally your Ts can go well over a year without food....of course water is a must. Humans try to feed there Ts like dogs and cats and this tends to create problems. Long fasting periods, and Ive even read early death in some cases (males I believe). Weather this is true or not I've never had a T starve in 36 years feeding this way. If boredom is a problem I would suggest more tarantulas so you'll have a tarantula everyday to feed. Ive got over 300 so I've always got something to feed so I don't experience this problem.:D:T::T::T::T::T::T::T: [/QUOTE]
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