Alan tye
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Hi ! Just wonder .can I feed my T during her premolt? I knew that she kinda like going into premolt when she made some web on the top of Coco soil. But I put a cricket and she ate it?
You can tryHi ! Just wonder .can I feed my T during her premolt? I knew that she kinda like going into premolt when she made some web on the top of Coco soil. But I put a cricket and she ate it?
The obsession over premolt continues I feed until they’re too fat or refuse food. They Typical don’t eat during premolt for me.yes
another premolt question............
Salmon Pink Bird Eater ( Lasiodora Parahybana)Welcome to Arachnoboards.
Curious, what Species of Tarantula?
A picture would help.
Best Regards
Pics of said t ? How fat is it .??Salmon Pink Bird Eater ( Lasiodora Parahybana)
thank you for your adviceYou can feed during pre-molt: this is where the risk taking happens, and how good you are at picking up on your tarantulas cues.
she ate the cricket. Next time, she might not. She might eat if its pre killed. She might now.
you might put a live cricket in, without having been paying attention, and the tarantula starts molting. The live cricket can bother and or eat the tarantula. Both possibilities can be dangerous. A possibility is it molts and cricket minds its business too.
its a guessing game.
this is where you have to start paying attention and studying your tarantula.
when you suspect premolt, if tarantula abdomen nice plump and round, change your feeding habits.
and dont leave food in there too long just in case, unless youre ok with the possibilities.
For the record, tarantulas are better then us at knowing what is good for them. However, they still are tarantulas, and we have to make sure to pay attention to this to avoid unnecessary risk. Its in a cage afterall, not in the wild.
Ps: if you noticed a molting matt, putting in a cricket wasnt the best choice even if it ate it. Nothing bad happened, this time. It could just have been regular webbing to, its a spider after all, they do that. But a molting matt is more specific. And worth paying attention to.
yupbefore, during and after molting keeping water available is a priority.