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<blockquote data-quote="Dave Jay" data-source="post: 143097" data-attributes="member: 27677"><p>Hi, I'm no expert but almost identical questions are posted at least once most days. The recurring answer is that it is perfectly normal in 99% of cases and nothing to worry about, just keep the water dish full and offer food occasionally, removing live food if not eaten in an hour or so. Freshly killed live food can also be offered which is safer for the sling, but may not elicit a feeding response. Unless the abdomen looks very thin there's nothing to worry about, of course most times you can't see it anyway but if it was plump when last you saw it the spider has enough reserves to last possibly months without food. </p><p>Slings will eat until sated then they have to wait for the new exoskeleton to be ready, so feeding them as often as they will take food often leads to a long period of dormancy while they wait.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave Jay, post: 143097, member: 27677"] Hi, I'm no expert but almost identical questions are posted at least once most days. The recurring answer is that it is perfectly normal in 99% of cases and nothing to worry about, just keep the water dish full and offer food occasionally, removing live food if not eaten in an hour or so. Freshly killed live food can also be offered which is safer for the sling, but may not elicit a feeding response. Unless the abdomen looks very thin there's nothing to worry about, of course most times you can't see it anyway but if it was plump when last you saw it the spider has enough reserves to last possibly months without food. Slings will eat until sated then they have to wait for the new exoskeleton to be ready, so feeding them as often as they will take food often leads to a long period of dormancy while they wait. [/QUOTE]
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