Avicularia not eating

doctrin13th

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My friend bought a Goliath pink toe (about 3inches LS) that just have molted and noticed that it's not eating. He transferred it in a smaller enclosure where it can have easy access to the prey. He put two lateralis half its size but found them not eaten the next day.

It's almost two and a half months and the avic still doesn't eat.
It is active walking around the glass and the log.
The substrate is damp enough for the avics, the climate is tropic.

What seems to be the problem?
 

Jacobchinarian

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Maybe it's just full. Look at its abdomen, if it's the size of the spiders carapace don't worry about it. If it is smaller it's probably nothing to worry about. Also how long has it been since the molt. A spider that size may not eat for a couple weeks after a molt, but I've seen much longer.
 

DamoK21

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I personally find all my Avic's tend to take there time after a molt before chowing down, My recent moulted Avic avic (2.5 months) has only just decided to chow down on a nice juicy, chunky, tasty, yum yum adult female gravid black cricket... mmmm delish i say ;P

My point being is that it doesnt sound off at all imo... As above, aslong as the abdomen is at a decent size, im sure all is fine :}
 

NikiP

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Can you post a picture? If it hasn't eaten since it molted & is pretty active, your friend could have a mature male on his hands.
 

Embers To Ashes

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Can you post a picture? If it hasn't eaten since it molted & is pretty active, your friend could have a mature male on his hands.
+ 1. Mature males dont eat a lot. Males don't live very long after they reach maturity.

But, then again, it could just be normal.

Also, it if more helpfull if you use scientific names on this forum instead of common names. It avoids confusion as many Ts have more than one common name
 

webbedone

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Could be or could not be, we cant tell without a pic really it sounds like what most of the avics would do, but it also sounds like a mature male. take some shots of your T and slap em on here.
 

doctrin13th

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it's an Avicularia braunshauseni

- abdomen is half the size of the carapace
- it's not full, it's been almost 2 and a half months since its last meal
- it's been more than a month since the last molt

the pix is unavailable (maybe later) because it's my friends T and we only meet once in a while (the last time was when I saw his T and when he told me the problem...or is it a problem?)

is the T's being active walking here and there is a sign of stress or ill condition?
 

doctrin13th

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I'm pretty sure it's not mature yet. The 3" (or less) leg span for a Goliath pink toe, even if it is a male is already the size of a mature one..I doubt it
 

Kathy

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Well this thread just answered my question. My A. avic molted into a mature male about a month ago and has not eaten since. I cannot get him interested in food and he is getting so tiny. It is like he is withering away. But from the sounds of it, I guess this is normal. :(
 
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