I am wondering how you other guys feed your Psalmopoeus T's? Come to think of it, all arboreals. I have done a search and found some stuff which has helped, but not really answered my questions.
What is the best thing to feed arboreal tarantulas? The crickets I put in there don't seem to get eaten at all. I have sat and watched for over an hour and they just don't seem to climb the bark for my P.cambridgei to find them. She has made a bit of a tube and the crickets never seem to go in there where she hangs out. I tried putting them straight into the tube (not easy with a side entrance!) but they just come out and crawl around on the substrate. I have seen some in there that are dead, but I don't know if they are just dying or if she is killing them and leaving them. Either way, they are dead outside of the tube.
Is there anything that I put in there for her to eat that will crawl around more and go into the tube web? She is quite a big girl so I think she could eat pretty much anything I throw at her. She's only eaten one locust since I got her and she is looking a bit thin now and would like to see her fill her face with something.
Can anybody recommend a nice "climby" food for her?
Sorry about the long post, hope you can help
What is the best thing to feed arboreal tarantulas? The crickets I put in there don't seem to get eaten at all. I have sat and watched for over an hour and they just don't seem to climb the bark for my P.cambridgei to find them. She has made a bit of a tube and the crickets never seem to go in there where she hangs out. I tried putting them straight into the tube (not easy with a side entrance!) but they just come out and crawl around on the substrate. I have seen some in there that are dead, but I don't know if they are just dying or if she is killing them and leaving them. Either way, they are dead outside of the tube.
Is there anything that I put in there for her to eat that will crawl around more and go into the tube web? She is quite a big girl so I think she could eat pretty much anything I throw at her. She's only eaten one locust since I got her and she is looking a bit thin now and would like to see her fill her face with something.
Can anybody recommend a nice "climby" food for her?
Sorry about the long post, hope you can help