can i feed my sling maggots from a rotting orange

[Gaherp]

Have used fruitflies as a source for feeding dwarf and smaller specie slings for as long as I can remember. Have yet to see any issue with growth, health, or even lack of anything as a result from doing so. I am not talking about just a handful of years following this regimen nor a small amount of spiderlings the use of this prey item for the initial feedings has in no way had negative effects on the tarantulas receiving them. I will continue using them and suggest using them since the results speak for themselves. Healthy spiderlings growing and molting ready to accept the next size up prey items without issue.

 

[StampFan]

No...they get them from the same sources as pet stores.

Have you fed the whole selection of earthworms? Around here I can find "nightcrawlers", "red wigglers", "trout worms" and "green worms". Opinions?

 

[cold blood]

Have you fed the whole selection of earthworms? Around here I can find "nightcrawlers", "red wigglers", "trout worms" and "green worms". Opinions?

They should all work, although the green ones make me a little uneasy...lol. I don't feed worms often, but I have fed all sizes and never had an issue. The big night crawlers I break apart and feed halves (generally to pokies). Its impressive just how formidable a whole crawler can be.

 

[AmberDawnDays]

Summer 2017 I picked up some nhandu chromatus slings at an expo for real cheap. They were teensy and being fed fruit flies. I switched them over to pieces of meal worms and crickets. I went to the same expo in May 2018 and the same vender had nhandu chromatus slings again that were basically the same size as the ones I picked up last summer. I asked him if he had another sac... he said they were the same slings from the sac I got mine from. His hadn't grown and mine are pushing 2 inches easy. I mentioned to him how big mine were and he said it was because he was still feeding his on fruit flies.