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I gave a couple hisser roaches from my colony to somebody, who expressed the opinion that it could be fed to an H. gigas. I'm a little skeptical. I mean I am sure that the gigas could take it down, but wouldn't it be a little bit of over-kill? My LP is around 6-1/2 inches and 7 inches, and I'd never bother to give it a large hisser, as it seems like a waste of a resource. In the case of my LP, the mass of one of my big hissers would easily match the size of the spider's entire abdomen apart from the diameter, perhaps.
Again, the spider could undoubtedly take down a hisser, but wouldn't a lot go to waste, insofar as what the definition of "waste"might be? My thought is that the end result would be a spider that refused food for quite a while, plus a rather large bolus that may or may not have been fully consumed before becoming a bolus.
Disclaimer. I am unfamiliar with the H. gigas species, their feeding habits, or even their maximum size. For all I know, they may be able to take down a guinea pig and want another one afterwards. Also, I could have misunderstood his intentions, maybe he in fact desires to get them breeding and plans to rear suitably-sized roaches to use as feeders. Which was my intent for his purposes when I offered a pair of adults.
Again, the spider could undoubtedly take down a hisser, but wouldn't a lot go to waste, insofar as what the definition of "waste"might be? My thought is that the end result would be a spider that refused food for quite a while, plus a rather large bolus that may or may not have been fully consumed before becoming a bolus.
Disclaimer. I am unfamiliar with the H. gigas species, their feeding habits, or even their maximum size. For all I know, they may be able to take down a guinea pig and want another one afterwards. Also, I could have misunderstood his intentions, maybe he in fact desires to get them breeding and plans to rear suitably-sized roaches to use as feeders. Which was my intent for his purposes when I offered a pair of adults.