Blondi VS Mouse

[Ante]

I kinda doubt your T eats 10 crickets a day, and if you cant feed it properly, then you should've thought twice about getting a blondi.

come on man...an adult blondi(8 inches) can eat 10 medium size crickets really..and I am feeding it propertly..A lot of people feed their T's with mice and it is completly normal...What about snakes?They eat 10 mice,,not one.So what,it is normal..
Yes the pics are a bit extreme and brutal,,but feeding with mice is not..
peace

 

[Scorp guy]

Sorry if im being rude Ante i sometimes come off on the wrong end without knowing it:?

Anyway

come on man...an adult blondi(8 inches) can eat 10 medium size crickets really..and I am feeding it propertly..A lot of people feed their T's with mice and it is completly normal...What about snakes?They eat 10 mice,,not one.So what,it is normal..
Yes the pics are a bit extreme and brutal,,but feeding with mice is not..
peace

i had a HUGE blondi, 7-8" eat about 7 crickets a week, tops, she never ate no "10 crix a day" besides, feeding that many would be considered powerfeeding/overfeeding, and no T needs 10 crickets a day, not a chance.

Correction, a lot of people may feed there inverts-verts, but that doesnt make it right. a lot of people abuse animals, does that make it right?

Snakes eat 10 mice...heh....yeah in about 3 months time, not 10 a day, that's not possible (unless they were small and it was a green conda or retic) Ive fed mice on two occasions to my blondi, one, i did not buy crickets (the cricket store closes early, and it was saturday) and i had an extra mouse left over from my savannah monitor, so i fed it a mouse. the second time, i did an arachnid show for kids at a school, and i demonstrated the force of one, no harm done but blondis dont eat strictly verts in the wild, thats for damn sure, and nor should they eat strictly verts in captivity. Correct me if im wrong, but while in captivity, do we not do our best to see that our pets feel comfortable, as if in the wild? Also, Tarantulas bodies are'nt made for digesting strictly verts, how would you like to live off deer meat for your entire life, with no other choice? Overall, it's much more safe for the T, and much easier just to feed them inverts.

and I am feeding it propertly

In your opinion you are:wall: But i gurantee, ask any arachno-expert on these forums, or somebody who is more experienced if they feed their blondis strictly mice, i bet you they will say no

 

[Ante]

I didn't say i feed my blondi only with mice...I give her one mouse per a month,,and i feed her with crickets and grasshoppers,but I can not buy em' because that's the situation in Pula,Croatia...only if i catch some..And I didn't say that she can eat every day 10 crickets...10 one day and that is enough for 2,3 weeks.
anyway,,thanks for answering..but what do you want to say?That I am torturing animals or what?

 

[king7]

cool pics

 

[nightbreed]

Not gonna get into the right or wrong about this (been there, done that, bought the T shirt) just gonna warn you that there is some concern about feeding blondi's to many verts, there is a possibility that it may cause them to lose their fangs, not an attack on you for your feeding practices just a heads up.


Take care

 

[Gesticulator]

sorry if you're offended,but it's just nature,,,and it happens every day in wild..

um...no it doesn't.
As keepers of captive tarantulas, we should be improving upon nature, not replicating it. If my dogs were out in the street, they would rummage through garbage and eventually eat something that could harm or kill them. Does that mean I will throw the same things into their bowls at home???

 

[Arietans]

Not to pick a fight, but we are kinda missing the point of this thread. A few impressive, although offensive to some, pics were posted. Whether we approve or not won't make a difference.

I think the focus should be more on the blondi's ability.

 

[RottweilExpress]

This thread...no these pics...Needs to be brought back to attention.

 

[kingz]

wow thats awsome i wish my blondi got that big but he died after a molt in a small container while i was moving. well i'll just have to get a new one.

 

[????josh????]

Uhhh, I think the mouse needs a band-aid.

 

[Nightshade]

Gory!

That was one bloody slaughter all right.

Not going to get into the whole for or against.

I have a little blondi. When s/he's bigger I'm going to have to get me some large roaches. And I find those equally distasteful to mice.

I don't think I'll ever give mine a vert prey item. There are lots of bugs available to me so I don't have the problem that you have.

It's good you go cricket and grasshopper hunting for your spider though. The flesh in vert prey lacks the nutrients found in the exoskeleton of invert prey, or so I've read.

Once my brother found a big black cricket outside for Desiderius (G. rosea) and she turned her fangs up at it! Little ingrate.

 

[maxwellxxv]

seems extreme

i dont think those pics were really needed to be posted. yes these creatures do eat other creatures. I dont think we needed to see the suffering of that mouse.I have a blondi. I feed it pinkies or fuzzies. they die really quick. But i wont take pics of them..i am not trying to start an argument. but i personall was taken back a little by them..

 

[spid142]

I dont agree with doing this, but thats my opinion. Anyway, Ts are more adapted to eat crix etc, because they need the exoskeleton nutrients. Maybe you can catch 8 or so bugs a month, for the blondi to eat, if you cant buy them.

 

[Arachnophilist]

Exoskeleton nutrients

just a curiosity.. can T's actually get nutrients from the exoskeleton even though they do not devour theit prey? isnt the exoskeleton left behind? i suppose they may suck the nutrients out of it first but I am curious if their digestive fluids actually extract the nutrients from it to be consumed. if anyone knows pls post!

 

[maarrrrr]

Back to the pics...those are awesome.

 

[Spider Tyrant]

I have no clue what people are talking about with "nutrients from the exoskeleton". Mine always leave piles of exoskeletal remains (Cockroaches and crickets both).

 

[Marshal]

I really don't understand why as soon as someone posts a pic of a mouse getting eaten... everyone and their brother has to post a comment about how they disapprove of it because then it derails the whole thread... here's a clue, it's in the title and you can use your head to imagine that a T killing a mouse isn't going to be the most tasteful to you (if you disprove of it)... so if you find it extreme then why would you come in this thread and post "I find it extreme and very distasteful"? That's your own opinion, keep it to yourself... I am not going to take a stance either way but simply say it's his blondi if he wanted to feed it mash potatoes and gravy then that's his choice, I don't see why so many people really feel like that they need to take it upon themselves to post what a person should or should not do with their own freaking pet... I do understand warning the guy about feeding a mouse since this little bastards are a bit crazy and can do damage to your pet, but leave it at that...

 

[Sharpy808]

Feed em whatever you want, its your T As for the clean-up, if you feed them only pinks or small fuzzys the remains is nothing more then a little white snowball. Thats been my experience anyways. I use pinks to help get them started after a fresh molt. Otherwise its cricket city, and I do mean tons of crickets to fill up a 7" T.

Im not a pro T keeper but I did stay at a Holiday In last night

 

[Bryan91901]

ugly cam I know

 

[Tegenaria]

There seems a little trend towards the shock value. Sure its fine for a T to eat a mouse or whatever now and then but why glorify it?