Feeding questions I forgot to ask

ReleaseTheQuacken

ReleaseTheQuacken

Arachnoknight
Joined
May 9, 2017
Messages
239
Hey I know you guys said not to leave food items longer than 24 hours.

For ease of collecting, is it okay to offer a 3 inch tarantula prekilled items? The only flaw I realized to my enclosure is retreiving prey items. šŸ¤£šŸ˜­
 
HeartBum

HeartBum

Arachnobaron
Joined
Nov 14, 2020
Messages
360
Prekilled is fine, just not as fun for the keeper. We're all little sadists. Can't guarantee bigger T's will pay it any attention unless they get really hungry though as their feeding response isn't triggered.
 
ReleaseTheQuacken

ReleaseTheQuacken

Arachnoknight
Joined
May 9, 2017
Messages
239
HeartBum said:
Prekilled is fine, just not as fun for the keeper. We're all little sadists. Can't guarantee bigger T's will pay it any attention unless they get really hungry though as their feeding response isn't triggered.
Click to expand...
I just would hate for it to hide somewhere i cant find it. Suppose worms could do.
 
DomGom TheFather

DomGom TheFather

Arachnoprince
Arachnosupporter
Joined
Apr 26, 2020
Messages
1,990
If you are sure they're not anywhere near a molt, you can leave intact feeders for longer. Disabled and especially prekilled can be left for over a day but it's best to pull them before decomposition is obvious. Most spiders at three inches will ignore prekilled but mileage may vary.
 
ReleaseTheQuacken

ReleaseTheQuacken

Arachnoknight
Joined
May 9, 2017
Messages
239
DomGom TheFather said:
If you are sure they're not anywhere near a molt, you can leave intact feeders for longer. Disabled and especially prekilled can be left for over a day but it's best to pull them before decomposition is obvious. Most spiders at three inches will ignore prekilled but mileage may vary.
Click to expand...
I just threw in a small dubia. They really don't do anything to bother animals and tend to steer clear...
 
viper69

viper69

ArachnoGod
Old Timer
Joined
Dec 8, 2006
Messages
18,049
ReleaseTheQuacken said:
Hey I know you guys said not to leave food items longer than 24 hours.

For ease of collecting, is it okay to offer a 3 inch tarantula prekilled items? The only flaw I realized to my enclosure is retreiving prey items. šŸ¤£šŸ˜­
Click to expand...
You can- but there's absolutely no reason to do so from a prey predator standpoint.

Also, that 24 hr "rule" is not based on science. Once you learn about your T, where it's at in satiety, you can leave a PROPERLY SIZED cricket in with a T that size alive forever. I travel a lot. I routinely leave prey in with various sized Ts.
 
DomGom TheFather

DomGom TheFather

Arachnoprince
Arachnosupporter
Joined
Apr 26, 2020
Messages
1,990
ReleaseTheQuacken said:
I just threw in a small dubia. They really don't do anything to bother animals and tend to steer clear...
Click to expand...
They also burrow, are hard to kill and don't elicit great feeding responses... Even when fully intact. They seem to stick to their ribs when taken but I've found that I've moved further and further away from dubias as time's gone on. Again, mileage may vary
 
ReleaseTheQuacken

ReleaseTheQuacken

Arachnoknight
Joined
May 9, 2017
Messages
239
viper69 said:
You can- but there's absolutely no reason to do so from a prey predator standpoint.

Also, that 24 hr "rule" is not based on science. Once you learn about your T, where it's at in satiety, you can leave a PROPERLY SIZED cricket in with a T that size alive forever. I travel a lot. I routinely leave prey in with various sized Ts.
Click to expand...
Oh that sounds good. Just caught her drinking water. 20220312_132145.jpg 20220312_132224.jpg
 
ReleaseTheQuacken

ReleaseTheQuacken

Arachnoknight
Joined
May 9, 2017
Messages
239
DomGom TheFather said:
They also burrow, are hard to kill and don't elicit great feeding responses... Even when fully intact. They seem to stick to their ribs when taken but I've found that I've moved further and further away from dubias as time's gone on. Again, mileage may vary
Click to expand...
Ah forgot about the burrowing aspect.
 
ReleaseTheQuacken

ReleaseTheQuacken

Arachnoknight
Joined
May 9, 2017
Messages
239
viper69 said:
I've had roaches become footrests, literally with some species.Mind you mine are fed 99.9% crix. And dubias I've had elicited no feeding response by some of mine. Not saying don't use them.
Click to expand...
Ah I am using that one for now as there's no way to go out today. Its snowing hard.
 
kingshockey

kingshockey

Arachnoangel
Active Member
Joined
Sep 4, 2017
Messages
857
pre killed is no issue i used to feed my 6 inch plus a genic pre killed super worms all the time just drop the worm in front or by a leg and done but that t was one of those all that moves is food bite first no questions asked kinda t my 3 inch hamorri is the same way
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top