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<blockquote data-quote="Arachnoclown" data-source="post: 209301" data-attributes="member: 27444"><p>This is actually normal and happens alot to newer tarantula keepers. When a slow growing tarantula (Brachypelma, Alphonopelma, Grammostola ect..) eats all the necessary amounts of food to fill up their caeca (food storage sacks) they still must wait for development to happen. Too much food too fast causes long periods of fast. The older the spider gets the longer the development cycle is. Next time spread the amount of food you fed it over a four month period and you may only see a month or so of fasting. Tarantulas should be fed slowly, they are designed to go weeks without eating.</p><p> My juvenile slow growers eat every few weeks with the adults eating once a month. All of my spiders fast no more then a week or two before molting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arachnoclown, post: 209301, member: 27444"] This is actually normal and happens alot to newer tarantula keepers. When a slow growing tarantula (Brachypelma, Alphonopelma, Grammostola ect..) eats all the necessary amounts of food to fill up their caeca (food storage sacks) they still must wait for development to happen. Too much food too fast causes long periods of fast. The older the spider gets the longer the development cycle is. Next time spread the amount of food you fed it over a four month period and you may only see a month or so of fasting. Tarantulas should be fed slowly, they are designed to go weeks without eating. My juvenile slow growers eat every few weeks with the adults eating once a month. All of my spiders fast no more then a week or two before molting. [/QUOTE]
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