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<blockquote data-quote="jenny-o" data-source="post: 164065" data-attributes="member: 29170"><p>I haven’t abandoned this post I promise, I’ve been on call the last few nights and the OR I work at has been busy, sorry. To the blind eye the newest/larger molt doesn’t appear to have the sucking stomach. I don’t believe my iPhone will be able to magnify a good enough photo but my dad says he has a jewelry loop I'm going to see if I can make that work I’m going to soak and pin both molts tonight and see if I’m wrong about the stomach. I need to maneuver the legs to get a better view before I say for sure. </p><p>[USER=27444]@Arachnoclown[/USER] I wasn’t aware that spiders ate their own webs. Really cool and amazing thing to learn, but like you said I was reading about it and couldn’t find anything that said tarantulas do this. I was thinking it was more a sign of distress that I should have noticed earlier. This spider ate live food from the first time I fed it, sometimes it would take right from the tongs so I don’t think it was an issue of pre-killed vs. live food.</p><p>I was also wondering, if it wasn’t able to eat would the venom still breakdown a prey item? I feel like if it was having an issue eating between October and December when it stopped taking food I would have seen pinhead carcasses left behind that had been tagged but uneaten. Will a tarantula that has lost it’s sucking stomach still tag prey and attempt to eat? </p><p>I will get you guys a “for sure” verdict on the sucking stomach. I’m feeling a little less guilty about this whole situation, I’m just aware that I’m still new and had to make sure it’s not something I could have prevented. I will definitely try with this species again. It really is a beautiful species. Not sure if you guys watch Birdspiderch on youtube, but it was totally bittersweet, he posted video of c.leezi in the wild this week. I want to see one through to maturity and I will. Thanks for the information and advice. I’ll do my best to get pictures for you guys.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jenny-o, post: 164065, member: 29170"] I haven’t abandoned this post I promise, I’ve been on call the last few nights and the OR I work at has been busy, sorry. To the blind eye the newest/larger molt doesn’t appear to have the sucking stomach. I don’t believe my iPhone will be able to magnify a good enough photo but my dad says he has a jewelry loop I'm going to see if I can make that work I’m going to soak and pin both molts tonight and see if I’m wrong about the stomach. I need to maneuver the legs to get a better view before I say for sure. [USER=27444]@Arachnoclown[/USER] I wasn’t aware that spiders ate their own webs. Really cool and amazing thing to learn, but like you said I was reading about it and couldn’t find anything that said tarantulas do this. I was thinking it was more a sign of distress that I should have noticed earlier. This spider ate live food from the first time I fed it, sometimes it would take right from the tongs so I don’t think it was an issue of pre-killed vs. live food. I was also wondering, if it wasn’t able to eat would the venom still breakdown a prey item? I feel like if it was having an issue eating between October and December when it stopped taking food I would have seen pinhead carcasses left behind that had been tagged but uneaten. Will a tarantula that has lost it’s sucking stomach still tag prey and attempt to eat? I will get you guys a “for sure” verdict on the sucking stomach. I’m feeling a little less guilty about this whole situation, I’m just aware that I’m still new and had to make sure it’s not something I could have prevented. I will definitely try with this species again. It really is a beautiful species. Not sure if you guys watch Birdspiderch on youtube, but it was totally bittersweet, he posted video of c.leezi in the wild this week. I want to see one through to maturity and I will. Thanks for the information and advice. I’ll do my best to get pictures for you guys. [/QUOTE]
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