are brachys really poor eaters?

[dennis123]

are brachys poor eater? read somewhere that they are. i have an albiceps tho and it eats whenever i offer food. i just make sure i feed it small food items as big as its carapace and make sure it doesnt get too plump. i target 1:1.5 to 1:2 carapace to abdomen ratio.

 

[Mike41793]

Just commented on your other thread, and will tie into this one: they're a slower growing genus. They don't need nearly the amount of food most keepers offer them. If you want to grow yours up quicker, keep it warmer and it will digest the food and grow quicker. Just mind the hydration if keeping them warmer.

I would not say they're bad eaters, they just don't need as much. Even if you keep them warmer , they're still not gunna grow as fast as something like a Phormictopus or a Poecilotheria etc.

 

[darkness975]

No

 

[Ratmosphere]

Not bad eaters, just slow growers.

 

[viper69]

are brachys poor eater? read somewhere that they are

No ! Where did you read this, I’d like to read it myself.

 

[Scoot]

Much hinges on one's definition of the phrase 'poor eater'.

My Brachypelma - I have albiceps and emilia - will pounce on prey with some ferocity in the weeks and months following a moult, provided I don't feed too often. Both have a surprising turn of speed when required.

In fact, the only difference I've noticed in terms of their feeding response against the more 'voracious' species is that my Brachypelma might reject some larger items of prey relative to their body size, compared with, say, my A geniculata or X intermedia, which will tackle larger prey more readily.

As others have said, Brachypelma don't seem to need much to subsist, so over-feeding will lead to a lethargic (satiated) spider and a long pre-moult stage. This might make them appear to be 'poor eaters', when in fact they've simply had enough.

Slow-growing, yes, but not 'poor eaters', per se.