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Nick702

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Hi

could someone plz help me, my mexican red knee hasn’t been eating, before and after molt, but it seems fine and looks healthy, im just stressed that its not eating, could someone plz help

what can i do
 

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When did it molt last?

What kind of feeders have you tried? Both live and prekilled?
 

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On the 20th of December

i tried crickets and dubia roaches? Both live

would it eat if it was prekilled??
 

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It doesn’t need pre killed

Feed when fangs are black- and even then they don’t always eat right away.

There’s nothing anyone can do.

You could increase temps
 

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Ok, thank you guys soo much

thing is Ive had this spider for 3 yrs n since i bought it, it hasn’t eaten

but I’ll try

thank you once again
 

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It has not eaten in 3 years? You always find live feeders that need to be removed afterwards? For 3 years?

I would try a prekilled cricket and see if it disappears in a day, in not, then toss it.
 

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Is this the first molt in your care? Abdomen still looks pretty good sized after molt, I would make sure it has access to water and keep trying, maybe try a variety and see if it has a preference. Make sure live is heavily injured and try prekilled. How does it react to food in the enclosure?
 

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On the 20th of December

i tried crickets and dubia roaches? Both live

would it eat if it was prekilled??
Adults of slow growing species like this can take weeks before they're ready to begin eating again...just be patient and offer food next week....there is no rush to get it a meal, it will begin eating in due time.
 

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It has not eaten in 3 years? You always find live feeders that need to be removed afterwards? For 3 years?

I would try a prekilled cricket and see if it disappears in a day, in not, then toss it.
I will try

Is this the first molt in your care? Abdomen still looks pretty good sized after molt, I would make sure it has access to water and keep trying, maybe try a variety and see if it has a preference. Make sure live is heavily injured and try prekilled. How does it react to food in the enclosure?
Yes its the first molt, and it just moves away from the food
 

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Sounds like it's probably just not hungry yet post-molt, then. Keep offering and it will eat when it's ready.
 

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A big part of keeping tarantulas is patience.
Overcaring can be dangerous.
There are only very vew parameters you need to keep an eye on.

Try to understand that their metabolism is not directly compareable to ours ( in the frequenzy of needs).
What they really like is air fluctuation, enough substrate, a water dish and not falling from too high (the rest is species specific).
Fasting....hiding.....it all can take really long and it is most of the time no problem at all.
 

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My G. porteri didn't eat for about 6 weeks after her recent moult but has eaten 10 crickets in the last couple of weeks.
 
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