Yeah I was shocked at that length of time myself but the guys and girls on here know there stuff.. just make sure she has a water bowl topped up and she will be fine.. is this your only t??
Well, hold on, that's for adult females. @Katielou89 made no mention of the size of the spider. Five months without food in a sling is absolutely something to worry about.
.. the advice I was given was just offer food once a week but remove if she doesn’t take it.. it might be worth getting a pic up on here if inclosure as you will be asked to make sure setup is ok for your t.. my favourite out of mine is my Acanthoscurria geniculata Brazilian white knee.. an absolute beast and kills his prey even if not hungry lol.. but moves around a lot quicker than my brachypelmas but would highly recommend one as there stunningWell then the advice I was given was wrong then so now I’m worried and confused :-(
How large is your spider? Like I said to her, pictures are worth a thousand words. Of the spider and enclosure, preferably.
Mine is 2” and just looked back and was actually told 2 years is ok without food?? She looks healthy but now I’m worried that something up with her?
Can u put a pic of yours up please to see size
At 2" it would considered a juvenile, half a year without food isn't much to worry about. I would start to be concerned at the year marker, depending on your temperatures. So long as it's abdomen is plump and it has access to water, then it's fine. The two year thing is a bit of an exaggeration even for a healthy adult female. They likely could go that long without food, but it's far from ideal.
Advice will be basically the same as above. Aim for the abdomen to be roughly 1.5x - 2x the size of the carapace (the "head") at that size.
Right, so you don't have B. emilia. You have a B. smithi. Their care is identical, but they are different animals. Regardless, the abdomen looks fine. It could even stand to be a bit fatter. What I will say is that your substrate isn't ideal. The short answer is to make it easy on yourself - go get cocofiber from a pet store and house the spider on that. Wood chips can cause molting problems and drag injuries. For the long answer, click here to watch a short video on how to set up a proper terrestrial enclosure.
Pretty sure she is using coco husk
Cocofiber =/= Cocohusk
When you get that error, try resizing the image before attaching it to a forum post.
W/out knowing the size, no one can give you a reasonable answer. Larger Ts last longer than smaller Ts, all things being equal.