Gabrgrl
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How do you know when to begin feeding your Ts double or bigger crickets?
Keep in mind that you ALWAYS give smaller size crickets than tarantula. 1 cricket a month is good or 1 cricket for every 2 weeks. For slings I prefer 1 every week so they molt to get bigger faster. Once they are juvenile or adult you can feed once every 3 weeks or month! Hope this helpsHow do you know when to begin feeding your Ts double or bigger crickets?
Ehm, not really. This feeding schedule can be alright for G.porteri/rosea, but it is too little for other species imo.Keep in mind that you ALWAYS give smaller size crickets than tarantula. 1 cricket a month is good or 1 cricket for every 2 weeks. For slings I prefer 1 every week so they molt to get bigger faster. Once they are juvenile or adult you can feed once every 3 weeks or month! Hope this helps
I can get away with giving prey the same size of the T with my C.cyaneopubescens, but not with my E.sp.Red. She runs from anything bigger than her abdomen.my rule is to feed crickets smaller than the _body_ of the T, not the abdomen.
And it is hard to say when you should feed multiple crickets or shorten the interval between feeding; it varies between species.
Thank you for this. I have been wondering at what point they are juvenile and no longer slings. At what point are they adults? I have a cobalt blue, a rose hair, arizona blonde and a pink toeSize of prey and how frequently you feed them depends on the size of your T.
I feed slings to 2inch every few days
Juveniles of 2" and up to 3" will get 3 prey items per week.
Once 3" I slow right down to 1 prey item every 1-2 week then keep an eye on their abdomens and stop feeding when getting tubby.
If I fed like this, I have Ts that might break out of their enclosures and try to eat me. For my G. porteri it would be fine but that's about it.Keep in mind that you ALWAYS give smaller size crickets than tarantula. 1 cricket a month is good or 1 cricket for every 2 weeks. For slings I prefer 1 every week so they molt to get bigger faster. Once they are juvenile or adult you can feed once every 3 weeks or month! Hope this helps
This is true.I can get away with giving prey the same size of the T with my C.cyaneopubescens, but not with my E.sp.Red. She runs from anything bigger than her abdomen.
Same goes for my arboreals. P.pulcher snatches anything that comes within striking range, but my A.metallica runs from too big feeders.
This, a Lasiodora/Acanthoscurria/Theraposa will eat more adult crickets in one sitting than a G. porteri/rosea would over the course of several months.Ehm, not really. This feeding schedule can be alright for G.porteri/rosea, but it is too little for other species imo.@Gabrgrl