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As title reads.. My Aphonopelma chalcodes hasn’t eaten in over a year. It’s been probably a year and a half at this point.
I have tried superworms, mealworms, dubia roaches. She simply swats them away and refuses to eat. I know this species can be like this, so I wouldn’t be (and previously was not) worried had she not also be visibly shrinking away. I’ve had her maybe 3 years total and she has not eaten much during that entire course of time. I would say, in the past, she would eat less than monthly as is - although I would of course offer food to her more often than that.
She was MUCH bigger when I first got her. Her abdomen is tiny now.. Any thoughts, advice, experience on this would be much appreciated!
I have tried superworms, mealworms, dubia roaches. She simply swats them away and refuses to eat. I know this species can be like this, so I wouldn’t be (and previously was not) worried had she not also be visibly shrinking away. I’ve had her maybe 3 years total and she has not eaten much during that entire course of time. I would say, in the past, she would eat less than monthly as is - although I would of course offer food to her more often than that.
She was MUCH bigger when I first got her. Her abdomen is tiny now.. Any thoughts, advice, experience on this would be much appreciated!