Feeding my 3/4" tarantula question

[ShoreT]

What do you guys feed your small T's ?( I cant do and type of roach) so I just threw a cut in half small superworm in her enclosure, she hasnt gone for it yet though.
Any recommendations would be great . Also is there any way to entice them to eat dead prey or is just dropping them in near them good enough?

 

[MrWotiWo]

Small dubias and Pin head crickets.

 

[cold blood]

Depends on the species...some i just drop in small crickets...most NW terrestrials do fine on diced or pre killed feeders...I prefer diced mealworms.

nom nom (Nhandu chromatus)

• cold blood
• Jun 8, 2018
• 1
• brazilian red and white tarantula chromatus feeding nhandu nhandu chromatus sling

There is no trick getting them to eat, just leave it and walk away....the enclosure shouldnt be so large that the sling wont come across it.

 

[BoyFromLA]

Even though they are 1/4 - 3/4” small sized baby tarantulas, they will gladly enjoy any sorts of large size pre killed meals.

 

[Vanessa]

I try to keep them on the pre-killed meal worms as long as possible and I would still be using them at 3/4". Sometimes they attack it right away and sometimes they don't. I leave it in for about 24 hours. You have to be careful because they go mouldy quickly.

 

[Killertut]

cut up superworms in my case.
another benefit? they live for soo long even if not fed or watered compared to crickets and the like and they are very rich in fat, excellent for growth.

 

[Andrew Clayton]

I use cut up super worms for my slings and lateralias roaches for everything else I think the give the best feeding response as they always run round the Ts enclosure like mad making it quite entertaining

 

[The Grym Reaper]

I breed mealworms and red runners so I use appropriately sized pre-killed of either

 

[dianemarie]

Even though they are 1/4 - 3/4” small sized baby tarantulas, they will gladly enjoy any sorts of large size pre killed meals.

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What kind is the beautiful blue one?

 

[viper69]

Appropriately sized prey- depends on specimen and species at times

 

[Phoenix G]

If you have slings or very small T's, you can order inexpensive flightless fruit fly cultures and keep them going. There are species of roaches that cannot fly and live quite a long time, thus breeding quite a bit. You can also easily breed crickets and use their smaller offspring, but they make a lot of noise. Dubia roaches are really good at hiding in an enclosure buried and may grow to larger sizes and become a hazard, so always monitor the feeding.

 

[BoyFromLA]

What kind is the beautiful blue one?

Out of the three pictures, which one are you referring to?

 

[Tommydragon10]

When I feed my B. Hamori and my A. Chalcodes slings. I give them cut up meal worms. My B. Hamori wont eat prekilled prey if I just drop it in its cage. I usually, take a super think kebab stick and put the piece of mealworm on the end and move it around. My B. Hamori usually goes for it then.

My A. Chalcodes will scavenge whatever bits of mealworm I give it.

 

[Kitara]

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oh my gosh I love this one!

 

[Serpyderpy]

I use mealworms for every single one of my tarantulas, from tiny slings to my bigger juveniles, they're either cut up or just dropped in whole with a crushed head. Most of them will take them eventually, it may take overnight or it may be until they actually feel hungry a few weeks/months later after a few failed feeding attempts. The only critter in my collection that gets anything other than a mealworm is one of my whip scorps that will only eat small crickets.