I always thought that T's strictly ate live food. But a couple months ago, I got a very tiny sling (Thankyou Fran), and I dont have access to any pinhead crickets, SO I tore the leg off of a small cricket, and moved it around in front of the sling. It was scared of it, and just ran away any time it got close.
Thinking that I would try again later, I just left the leg laying in the center of the container, away from the slings burrow. When I came back a few hours later, I was surprised to find the sling sitting on top of the leg, and eating. It also dragged it around to various points in the container.
The sling has now molted a couple of times, and is probably one quarter to one half inch in size, but it still refuses anything that moves. It also still runs away from a cricket leg, but will eat it later if I put one in the container.
So is this some kind of weird behavior, or is this normal for a sling? I've always had larger T's, and they have never shown the slightest interest in anything that was not moving, so this is all new to me.
Thinking that I would try again later, I just left the leg laying in the center of the container, away from the slings burrow. When I came back a few hours later, I was surprised to find the sling sitting on top of the leg, and eating. It also dragged it around to various points in the container.
The sling has now molted a couple of times, and is probably one quarter to one half inch in size, but it still refuses anything that moves. It also still runs away from a cricket leg, but will eat it later if I put one in the container.
So is this some kind of weird behavior, or is this normal for a sling? I've always had larger T's, and they have never shown the slightest interest in anything that was not moving, so this is all new to me.