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Tarantula's in the wild eating/ Compared to a pet tarantula eating.
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<blockquote data-quote="CJL" data-source="post: 139572" data-attributes="member: 10627"><p>Hi there! Sorry to be late to chime in, but thought I'd offer my input. We have regular residents in our short rock retaining wall in northern Arizona. We call it the condos.</p><p>Have been shining flashlights on them until they finally stopped retreating back into their homes for years now. This year I started catching large bugs, grasshoppers, roaches, beetles, and feeding them. There are 2 large females and one new juvenile, arizona blondes that enjoyed these special deliveries. The largest, that has resided here the longest, least afraid, would catch them with glee (seemingly so) even 2 at a time then carry them into her home & come back for more the next night. Before this, she would sit each night, for years on top of by a solar light hunting, like a fixture. The juvenile had a tiny entrance just down a bit, and would lurk on a tiny ledge.</p><p>It became almost a sport for her to try to catch the treats, having to climb out on the wall & watch me try to get it to her after several near misses & retrieval to get it to her waiting pedipalps. Then she would disappear into her safe hole, coming back for more each night. These 2 would actually come to the opening of their homes if I shined the light on them and they hadn't come out yet. </p><p>The 3rd gal is more shy, will take the offerings, but not as boldly. Sometimes I would just leave it at the entrance to her ground level condo, and come back to find it already collected.</p><p>So I believe the answer to the question on whether tarantulas eat more in the wild is, if they can. But to qualify, this just started in August, and they sealed up their homes for the winter once we started having cool September nights. At least they will be well prepared for the winter hibernation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CJL, post: 139572, member: 10627"] Hi there! Sorry to be late to chime in, but thought I'd offer my input. We have regular residents in our short rock retaining wall in northern Arizona. We call it the condos. Have been shining flashlights on them until they finally stopped retreating back into their homes for years now. This year I started catching large bugs, grasshoppers, roaches, beetles, and feeding them. There are 2 large females and one new juvenile, arizona blondes that enjoyed these special deliveries. The largest, that has resided here the longest, least afraid, would catch them with glee (seemingly so) even 2 at a time then carry them into her home & come back for more the next night. Before this, she would sit each night, for years on top of by a solar light hunting, like a fixture. The juvenile had a tiny entrance just down a bit, and would lurk on a tiny ledge. It became almost a sport for her to try to catch the treats, having to climb out on the wall & watch me try to get it to her after several near misses & retrieval to get it to her waiting pedipalps. Then she would disappear into her safe hole, coming back for more each night. These 2 would actually come to the opening of their homes if I shined the light on them and they hadn't come out yet. The 3rd gal is more shy, will take the offerings, but not as boldly. Sometimes I would just leave it at the entrance to her ground level condo, and come back to find it already collected. So I believe the answer to the question on whether tarantulas eat more in the wild is, if they can. But to qualify, this just started in August, and they sealed up their homes for the winter once we started having cool September nights. At least they will be well prepared for the winter hibernation. [/QUOTE]
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