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What is the longest your Tarantula has gone without eating?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tomoran" data-source="post: 100689" data-attributes="member: 1152"><p>I raised three M. balfouri from slings, and they always stopped eating during the winter time. I just checked my records, and one went about 5 months (December-April) without eating. During that time, they would remain pretty much buried and I would rarely see them. I kept water available and would occasionally try dropping a small cricket in to see if they were interested.</p><p></p><p>I've found that the smaller specimens get easily spooked by prey sizes that other species would have no problem with. When they were eating, I would always feed them smaller prey than I usually would for a tarantula that size. When they were 2.5" or so, I was still giving them small crickets; other spiders would get larges at that point. However, sounds like that's not the issue with yours. As [USER=4086]@MassExodus[/USER] said, it might not be ready to eat yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tomoran, post: 100689, member: 1152"] I raised three M. balfouri from slings, and they always stopped eating during the winter time. I just checked my records, and one went about 5 months (December-April) without eating. During that time, they would remain pretty much buried and I would rarely see them. I kept water available and would occasionally try dropping a small cricket in to see if they were interested. I've found that the smaller specimens get easily spooked by prey sizes that other species would have no problem with. When they were eating, I would always feed them smaller prey than I usually would for a tarantula that size. When they were 2.5" or so, I was still giving them small crickets; other spiders would get larges at that point. However, sounds like that's not the issue with yours. As [USER=4086]@MassExodus[/USER] said, it might not be ready to eat yet. [/QUOTE]
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