True spiders & overfeeding

[Mori]

Hi,

I was reading some threads here abt overfeeding in sling/adult tarantulas and I'm now wondering if in true spiders species/families, there were some that are prone to overfeed ? Has anyone encountered some problems with overfeeding their true spiders before (adults or juvenile ) ?
Thank you for your time.

 

[darkness975]

Hi,

I was reading some threads here abt overfeeding in sling/adult tarantulas and I'm now wondering if in true spiders species/families, there were some that are prone to overfeed ? Has anyone encountered some problems with overfeeding their true spiders before (adults or juvenile ) ?
Thank you for your time.

My Latrodectus will over-eat if I let them.

 

[Biollantefan54]

My Latrodectus will over-eat if I let them.

I’ve always been curious about over eating with spiders, what do you mean by that exactly? What happens? In the wild no one is there to control how much they eat and sometimes there are influxes of bugs and they will catch all they can, or sometimes ignore the prey. What happens if you let it overeat?

 

[ForTW]

'
m now wondering if in true spiders species/families, there were some that are prone to overfeed ?

Most of them.

 

[darkness975]

I’ve always been curious about over eating with spiders, what do you mean by that exactly? What happens? In the wild no one is there to control how much they eat and sometimes there are influxes of bugs and they will catch all they can, or sometimes ignore the prey. What happens if you let it overeat?

Their abdomens become monstrously bloated and easily ruptured.

 

[Mori]

Thanks for your answers, that's interesting.
At what size do you judge that the abdomen is too large and risks rupture ? is it something you learned with experience depending of the species you have or is there a general consensus abt how to determine it ?

 

[darkness975]

Thanks for your answers, that's interesting.
At what size do you judge that the abdomen is too large and risks rupture ? is it something you learned with experience depending of the species you have or is there a general consensus abt how to determine it ?

Varies depending on species.