Hey major issue need help

[Rag1panda]

So these where found in my friends rose haired tarantula cage they just got for another friend does anyone know what this is is the spider sick he’s apparently acting not normal this is a family spider who was given to a friend till they got on their feet

 

[TinaM]

Looks like wax worms

 

[Rag1panda]

Looks like wax worms

What is that

 

[Rag1panda]

What is that

Will it hurt the spider? She protects them like they are babies

 

[Devin B]

Will it hurt the spider? She protects them like they are babies

Wax worms a tarantula food. They should be removed if uneaten.

 

[Moakmeister]

Will it hurt the spider? She protects them like they are babies

First of all.

AWWWWWWWW THAT'S SO CUTE THAT SHE PROTECTS THEM! SHE'S A MOMMA!

Second of all, yeah those are waxworms. As cute as it is for her to be looking after them, they're supposed to be food. Take them out.

 

[Rag1panda]

First of all.

AWWWWWWWW THAT'S SO CUTE THAT SHE PROTECTS THEM! SHE'S A MOMMA!

Second of all, yeah those are waxworms. As cute as it is for her to be looking after them, they're supposed to be food. Take them out.

All done new bedding and everything crickets and all the pet store said rose haired spiders don’t eat thoses wax worms and the reason she was acting funny was because she hasn’t eaten in a while she was fasting because she didn’t want the wax worms

 

[Rag1panda]

My friends boyfriend is playing her his guitar like he used to and she’s not moved and acts calmer

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

Uh-oh.

 

[cold blood]

All done new bedding and everything crickets and all the pet store said rose haired spiders don’t eat thoses wax worms and the reason she was acting funny was because she hasn’t eaten in a while she was fasting because she didn’t want the wax worms

That's absolutely hilarious. Pet stores

The first rule of tarantula keeping is....never listen to anything a pet store says about tarantulas.


Those might be wax worms, but they could also be beetle larvae or even fly larvae....dirty cages attract al kinds of nastiness.

Rose hairs have the lowest food requirement in the t world. Many, most pet stores, way over feed them, as a result, they fast all the time, often for months or even a year or more at a time...its not a concern and has nothing to do with "liking" a specific prey item.

 

[MrTwister]

Let us know if you get a jam going and it climbs on to the bass. All the cool spiders dig the low end.

 

[Garth Vader]

 

[Moakmeister]

My friends boyfriend is playing her his guitar like he used to and she’s not moved and acts calmer

Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhat?

 

[beaker41]

If you want to see some real adorable mother behavior try putting a ping-pong ball in there