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<blockquote data-quote="Chubbs" data-source="post: 67960" data-attributes="member: 1084"><p>Adults don't need to be fed very often at all, they actually should be fed a lot less frequently than slings and juveniles, which are constantly growing. If by more you mean more of a variety, well that's not really a necessity with invertebrates like it is with reptiles and amphibians. Some people (like myself) like to give their inverts more of a variety of food-items. Banded crickets I personally find to be the best feeder insect all around, and the fact that like all crickets they've got a good amount of meat on them and are accepted by virtually every animal makes buying them well worth it. For adults I usually give them about 2-3 crickets depending on the size of the tarantula and the cricket, and how recently the spider was last fed. Ones that are closer to premolt and thus have large plump abdomens I don't feed many at one time, unless I'm power feeding it, which is something I only do with slings or with females that I am planning on mating after they molt. The really massive species I will give them 4-6 large crickets, but I do not feed them nearly as frequently, unless of course they have molted very recently and need the extra nutrients.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chubbs, post: 67960, member: 1084"] Adults don't need to be fed very often at all, they actually should be fed a lot less frequently than slings and juveniles, which are constantly growing. If by more you mean more of a variety, well that's not really a necessity with invertebrates like it is with reptiles and amphibians. Some people (like myself) like to give their inverts more of a variety of food-items. Banded crickets I personally find to be the best feeder insect all around, and the fact that like all crickets they've got a good amount of meat on them and are accepted by virtually every animal makes buying them well worth it. For adults I usually give them about 2-3 crickets depending on the size of the tarantula and the cricket, and how recently the spider was last fed. Ones that are closer to premolt and thus have large plump abdomens I don't feed many at one time, unless I'm power feeding it, which is something I only do with slings or with females that I am planning on mating after they molt. The really massive species I will give them 4-6 large crickets, but I do not feed them nearly as frequently, unless of course they have molted very recently and need the extra nutrients. [/QUOTE]
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