Can/Will Tarantulas eat/drink blood?

[charm271]

If tarantulas can/do drink/eat blood would it be good for them? Or do they need the "fiber" of crickets and worms? Or it just a little bit crazy?

 

[SC Tarantulas]

What is the reason for that question???? Are you going to place a feeder order at a blood bank???? LOL! I have read alot of questions on this forum but this is a first for me.

 

[grayzone]

i would imagine that straight blood would be just as fine for them as a cricket... tons of protien, vitamin, all that.....

 

[skar]

Buy a tick.
If tarantulas drink blood I've been doin it wrong.

 

[Hobo]

If you expose your tarantula to light and it burns to a crisp, then yeah, it drinks blood.

If it sparkles instead, please kill it and put it out of it's misery.

 

[Porp]

If you expose your tarantula to light and it burns to a crisp, then yeah, it drinks blood.

If it sparkles instead, please kill it and put it out of it's misery.

Pure awesomeness! I wish this forum had the "like" feature enabled!

 

[grayzone]

:roflmao::roflmao: am i reading a twilight reference?? YES, if it sparkles kill it PLEASE...

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also, Porp it does have a like function, however... i dont know how to use it and have been tryin to figure out how to. i can only get it to THANK, and thank and like are often 2 very different things

 

[Ludedor24]

stinky trolls

 

[xhexdx]

You can Like a post by becoming an Arachnosupporter.

 

[paassatt]

You can Like a post by becoming an Arachnosupporter.

True. Support the site, you'll be a better person for it.

 

[web eviction]

Poke your finger and give it a shot......

 

[Louis Winthorpe III]

If you expose your tarantula to light and it burns to a crisp, then yeah, it drinks blood.

If it sparkles instead, please kill it and put it out of it's misery.

I had a pretty good chuckle at that. Thanks for that.

 

[Jared781]

why not they're predators? im sure they come accross some when they're eating!

 

[Simon83]

Seeming as the bigger t's eat pinkies and larger mice I would guess they can?

 

[xhexdx]

I'm pretty sure the OP was asking more along the lines of whether blood could be used as a food source, not whether or not they can physically consume it.

 

[mark e sic]

If tarantulas can/do drink/eat blood would it be good for them? Or do they need the "fiber" of crickets and worms? Or it just a little bit crazy?

yea its crazy