DawgPoundSound
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Aug 28, 2010
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- 5
LMAO It's also a joy to the tarantula to be able to hunt down it's prey as a natural act while in captivity. If everything comes in it's enclosure barely over an inch big, and this tarantula is 6 or 7 inch legspan, it's not going to be in a mimicked environment. I find it rather ridiculous to watch my 5.5" Rosea slap 3 crickets in her fangs, and I have to get as close as possible just to see if she has them. Yet she'll take down a small lizard for about an hour or two and I know she's loving it, and has had a good meal.I don't know why so many people absolutely want others to stick to crickets... I mean, some of my Ts don't even touch them anymore but will go ape when a mouse or a lizard is released in the enclosure. I am one of the morons who enjoy winessing an actual hunt rather than collecting crickets. If the prey is unconscious fast, I see nothing wrong. Witnessing predation is my guilty pleasure Mouhahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!
Also, T's that thrive near desert areas, or very dry habitats, are not going to be feeding on a cricket diet their entire lives, and may hardly ever come across them. There are tarantulas that feast on the some things people are afraid of, because they are using human emotion. Tarantulas don't need human emotion in the wild. They are fearless, and they stalk, and they are more feared than most small predators.
People in this hobby tend to promote their own propaganda's rather than keeping it real and natural. I really love the guy saying his 7" tarantula only gets 3 crickets a week, because they eat less when they get bigger. Where do people get this nonsense? I buy all my larger T's from a Reptile Pet Store here in Florida, and they've gotten healthy molts from most their T's and they've told me (pinky mice) are a heavy dose in their diets. And that crickets are the side bar. This is from a store that uses wood chips for substrate as well. T's that live near water will feast on whatever creatures it can that also lives near water.
People need to learn the T's habitat and what's in it rather than strictly compromising every tarantula's diet on crickets, or Superworms that aren't even native to that country or environment, simply because someone else is doing it.