Sling has small abdomen, but not eating

[JCGTHEGREAT]

Good day

I have an Albo sling, around 0.75", as my very first tarantula, I got it last week with a fairly round abdomen, but since then, it hasn't been eating, which is because of premolt.

Two days ago, it did molted, I tried feeding it yesterday with a tiny superworm(not mealworm) around same size as the sling, but the sling got scared. Same as today, I tried feeding it with a grasshopper nymph, but it's still scared. I did some google search and found that it may be still recovering from molt, but I'm worried because the sling now has a very small abdomen. The sling also has been burrowing with dirt covering the hole.

Is waiting for a few more days before feeding not gonna starve the small-abdomen sling?

 

[Goopyguy56]

No. I usually wait a week before feeding slings after a molt. It might help to kill the food and leave it in with the sling for a day as well. Slings abdomens usually look slim after a molt. It will be fine. Just wait about 7 days after it molts and offer it prekilled food. When it gets bigger you can probably wait even longer than a week to feed it. 2 days is way to early to feed after a molt

 

[Enrgy]

their abdomens get skinny like that after a molt. u need to wait however long it takes for it's fangs to turn black, which means they have hardened and is able to take down prey.

 

[draconisj4]

Just to be on the safe side I wait a week to feed after molt for small slings and 2 weeks for juveniles over 1.5" since I can't always get a look at their fangs.

 

[JCGTHEGREAT]

Thanks guys
I think I'm just worrying too much haha
Here's my sling btw

 

[Teal]

If the sling is putting webbing over the burrow entrance, that is a Do Not Disturb sign Give your sling more time to recover from the molt. Make sure it has access to water, as molting is very dehydrating.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

I wait 3 days before attempting to resume feeding slings under 1" (I have seen one eat within 24hrs of moulting though - it surprised me with a moult and I found it sat next to a moult eating the pre-killed I left the day before).

Between 1" and 2" I wait 5 days.

It won't hurt to wait longer though