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Use both mealworms and crickets
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<blockquote data-quote="Bugmom" data-source="post: 62687" data-attributes="member: 4273"><p>Crickets (and anything that moves like a cricket) has always had the best feeding response from my tarantulas, which means they're more likely to eat it, which means healthier spiders. Mealworms and superworms are a pain because unless you crush the head, they'll just start burrowing into substrate immediately (and I've also had slings devoured by mealworms). They're a bit of a last resort for me. Dubias were hit and miss, but more misses than it was worth to keep a colony going. Same with lobster roaches. Neither moved enough for most T's to think "oh that's food" and the little nymphs just went straight to burrowing.</p><p></p><p>My favorite feeder so far is the banded cricket, but alas I cannot get them now that I've moved. I'm going to be ordering some Turkish roaches though (red runners) as those are the "crickets of the roach world." Speedy and meaty! I'd like to get a colony of them going so I can stop going to Petsmart once a week for crickets.</p><p></p><p>Since no one knows what exactly the optimal nutrition requirements are of tarantulas, I'm hesitant to say any particular feeder is "more nutritious" than another. It can't be "more" if there isn't a baseline to begin with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bugmom, post: 62687, member: 4273"] Crickets (and anything that moves like a cricket) has always had the best feeding response from my tarantulas, which means they're more likely to eat it, which means healthier spiders. Mealworms and superworms are a pain because unless you crush the head, they'll just start burrowing into substrate immediately (and I've also had slings devoured by mealworms). They're a bit of a last resort for me. Dubias were hit and miss, but more misses than it was worth to keep a colony going. Same with lobster roaches. Neither moved enough for most T's to think "oh that's food" and the little nymphs just went straight to burrowing. My favorite feeder so far is the banded cricket, but alas I cannot get them now that I've moved. I'm going to be ordering some Turkish roaches though (red runners) as those are the "crickets of the roach world." Speedy and meaty! I'd like to get a colony of them going so I can stop going to Petsmart once a week for crickets. Since no one knows what exactly the optimal nutrition requirements are of tarantulas, I'm hesitant to say any particular feeder is "more nutritious" than another. It can't be "more" if there isn't a baseline to begin with. [/QUOTE]
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