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Yea, good thing I checked, it was starting to smell bad in there.

TarantulaRescue, Thank you for a great response! What about the eaten prey, should I remove it from the enclosure? I mean the T drags the prey into his shelter and eats it there, should I lift up the shelter and take out the waxworm, or leave the shelter and the tarantula in peace?

My smithi makes no webs at all =( Also, I feed my T waxworms now, and when it does kill them, it drags them into the burrow that I made for it, and eats it there, should I take out the eaten prey out of the burrow? I don't want to disturb the tarantula?

Well, I hardly consider 5 days a short period for bumps, anyway, for some reason my smithies behaviour has changed. I build him a burrow out of some rocks and wood, and now he esily kills prey and drags it away with him... how odd...

Doublebump? Anyone?

Sorry, bump?

Thanks for all the info so far! What about the generally slow behaviour? Ive never seen my smithi interested in food at all. And about the web during molting, and in general, I haven't seen any webs from it at all. Normal?

Too wet substrate aside (it really isnt, he just gets scared by prey), what about the other habbits? The smithi goes about a month without food. As promised, I have attached a picture, unfortunately it isn't super clear as it was taken by my phone.

Hello All! I think I have a odd b. smithi. I am relatively new to tarantulas (about 1 year experience). About a year ago I got a few tarantulas, one of which being a b. smithi, now it is a L4 (3 molts), and it acts COMPLETELY different than the other b. smithies that I have seen on youtube...

well I do have a b. albopilosum... In any case, I have about 1" of soil, however my T seems to have no interest in burrowing. It prefers to sit on top. For size, I have a baby food jar. About food, it ate this Monday (4 days ago).

Newest update... 16 days have passed since I have gotten my b. smithi, however they show no signs of a premolt whatsoever. Tarantulas Canada said that they have not molted in their care yet.... Being only 1/2", they should still show signs of premolting (black abdomen, refusal of food, etc)...

Thankfully Ontario has banned the use of pesticides, so atleast I have some trust that the bugs I caught far outside the grasps of civilization have not been infected with them :p

An update! After finding some sort of beetle at my cottage, I have given it to the 'b. smithi' and after 12 days, it ate! Are t's allowed to eat any sort of bugs (as long as they are chemical free - i.e. pesticides, herbicides, etc.)? What if I were to give it a wasp, or anoher...

Well, from my personal experience, it is 12 days and counting for my 3/4 slings.

So, 11 days have passed since my b. smithi ate. It doesn't look like the abdomen is getting any darker, and the tarantula is 'relatively' active (will move fast when poked with a fine paintbrush). It is probably fasting, however do slings fast?

are mealworms okay though?

Awesome Tip! Is there any way you can determine if a t. sling is healthy? So far both of mine have entrenched themselves in burrows and don't look like they are going anywhere anytime soon. what about molting? Would they molt inside a burrow, or come up to the surface? And what if the...

Usually I just buy 2 crickets and give them to my t's (as I only have 2 t's) :) I don't usually leave them (crickets) to sit around long enough to have a meal of their own. But that being say, is a diet of just crickets enough for slings? (since I cannot get anything else other than worms)

Well I do get my feeders (only crickets) from PetSmart, and I assume that they are quality food, since it is a reputable company. Also, as I don't have any other feeders available to me, could I use worms (Mealworms, superworms, etc.)? I would use various insects that I find, but I don't...

Really?! Sorry for being a newbie, but I always (well since I got my T, and prior research) though that the premolt was consisting of the T fasting and doing a whole lot of nothing.