Feeding after molt, how long to wait???
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To soon. Wait another 5-7 days.
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I'd wait 2 or 3 weeks to make sure their fangs have properly hardened.
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2-3 weeks is a bit long for a sling. Just over a week should be plenty.
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Sizes would be extremely helpful in order to answer this question.
However, even small slings are rarely ready in 2-3 days. A good rule of thumb is to wait a week for slings(which is what i am assuming you have as adult B. smithis are quite expensive for a newbie), but the best indicator is to watch your tarantulas behavior. When it is in hunting pose, not all spread out and has moved from the molting area it is usually ready to eat.(if it has been only a day or two, i would wait and make sure it is displaying hunting pose)
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Didn't know the B.smithi was a sling.
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Even my adults get food after a molt within 7-10 days.
2-3 weeks wait won't harm them I am sure they can wait that out just fine, but there really is no need to wait that long imo.
2-3 weeks wait won't harm them I am sure they can wait that out just fine, but there really is no need to wait that long imo.
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3 weeks yeah maybe alittle long, but 2 weeks is fine. rather be safe than sorry. imo.
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I just made the assumption that it was a sling, since the OP did not state its size. An adult B. smithi for a newbie is a bit high price-wise.
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Just because they are newbie doesnt mean they dont have money. ;PI just made the assumption that it was a sling, since the OP did not state its size. An adult B. smithi for a newbie is a bit high price-wise.
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true! my first T was a 4.5" B. smithi.
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One of my first 5 Ts was a 8" T.blondi well over $100.00true! my first T was a 4.5" B. smithi.
Oh you guys are crackin me up.
B. smithi is just under 2" so we'll give him till next week or when he comes out of the killer burrow he made.
The A. versicolor is about 1.5" so we'll give him till next week too.
Talkenlate04, I have a couple T's that I got from ya in Hillsburo a few weeks back. An OBT and a minatrix that are both doin great.
Thanks for the advice everyone.
B. smithi is just under 2" so we'll give him till next week or when he comes out of the killer burrow he made.
The A. versicolor is about 1.5" so we'll give him till next week too.
Talkenlate04, I have a couple T's that I got from ya in Hillsburo a few weeks back. An OBT and a minatrix that are both doin great.
Thanks for the advice everyone.
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My B. smithi was 2" and I fed 2 days after he molted. He was hardened and his fangs were black.
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lol, very true, i also figured if the A. versicolor was a sling, then the B. smithi probably was. Also, i forget that everyone is not as strapped for cash in this economy as we are!Ariel said:
but i was right
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Two days after a molt is bad advice.
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Agreed. There is no harm in waiting a week or so.
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There may be more deaths in the wild due to not waiting, because they could lose a fang or large amounts of hemolymph............
I would tend to think that a T in the wild through an entirely natural process will take prey after a molt when it's ready... be it 4 days or 14... without injuring itself.