Goliath birdeater Theraphosa stirmi

[yaabritish]

My Goliath (stirmi) used to eat everyday or every other day
Now it stays in its cave /burrow /hide and refuses to eat or drink and has done this for nearly 4 month now I know it might be it might be premoult behaviour but could it be something else can they get stressed i keep
Him at room temperature which at worst gets to about 15 degrees at night and I keep him/her humid but again not too much as it is not as dependent on humidity as the blondi ...any thoughts ??? Or am I doing something wrong temp or humidity ? Or is it just in premolt ....it’s stressing me out feels like forever if it is a molt

 

[Smotzer]

Well I have no idea how big your Theraphosa is, but as a general rule of thumb no tarnatula needs or should be fed everyday or every other day, all that accomplishes is a T that gets overly plump fast and then goes on food strike and hides away for an extended period of time until it molts, this sounds like what is going on here.

 

[The Pet Guy]

Generally I feed my T. once a week. If it refuses the food, I wait at least 3 days before offering again.

 

[Jzornes29]

I thought T. Blondi was the Goliath not Stirmi?

Edit: im dumb nvm stirmi is burgandy goliath

 

[Jumbie Spider]

Could it be a mature male?

 

[nicodimus22]

My Goliath (stirmi) used to eat everyday or every other day

As my mechanic would say, "Well THERE'S your problem!"

 

[yaabritish]

He’s juvenile

 

[yaabritish]

Well I have no idea how big your Theraphosa is, but as a general rule of thumb no tarnatula needs or should be fed everyday or every other day, all that accomplishes is a T that gets overly plump fast and then goes on food strike and hides away for an extended period of time until it molts, this sounds like what is going on here.

It is around 9 to 10 cm so young juvenile for this species I’m guessing

 

[yaabritish]

Well I have no idea how big your Theraphosa is, but as a general rule of thumb no tarnatula needs or should be fed everyday or every other day, all that accomplishes is a T that gets overly plump fast and then goes on food strike and hides away for an extended period of time until it molts, this sounds like what is going on here.
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His abdomen looked ready to explode but I faught that is normal in stirmi

 

[Smotzer]

It is around 9 to 10 cm so young juvenile for this species I’m guessing

Yeah you are feeding waaaaay too much. Try to learn to feed off abdomen size after the molt, and not get it overly plump overly fast, schedules only kinda work but maybe start at once every 1-2weeks depending on prey size, keeping the addomen a good size throughout the molt cycle.

 

[yaabritish]

Yeah you are feeding waaaaay too much. Try to learn to feed off abdomen size after the molt, and not get it overly plump overly fast, schedules only kinda work but maybe start at once every 1-2weeks depending on prey size, keeping the addomen a good size throughout the molt cycle.

So he won’t eat again until after he has molted now ?

 

[thedragonslapper]

So he won’t eat again until after he has molted now ?

I don’t have any experience with these species but it seems like your T had burrowed up until it actually gets hungry again. Daily/every other day is quite a lot of feeding even for a juvenile T. I suggest exercising some patience and wait and see what happens. Most likely it will emerge when ready and probably molt in the mean time. Doesn’t sound like much else is wrong.

 

[yaabritish]

He has borrowed deep but still tends to wait at his entrance which is normal for this species I know this species is a really hungry eater and with other species I keep they don’t take the food if they ain’t hungry but the Goliath just ate and ate and ate until his abdomen was for ready to burst after he first rejected the food I figured he was full but it’s been nearly 5 month and he still ain’t eating and he still ain’t molting although he looks healthy I didn’t know this species could go on food strike not like other species do for up to a year I just hope he molts soon as it’s good to watch him out and about and eating but I will feed him much less often now I know

 

[yaabritish]

He has borrowed deep but still tends to wait at his entrance which is normal for this species I know this species is a really hungry eater and with other species I keep they don’t take the food if they ain’t hungry but the Goliath just ate and ate and ate until his abdomen was for ready to burst after he first rejected the food I figured he was full but it’s been nearly 5 month and he still ain’t eating and he still ain’t molting although he looks healthy I didn’t know this species could go on food strike not like other species do for up to a year I just hope he molts soon as it’s good to watch him out and about and eating but I will feed him much less often now I know

Also I have raised his temperature at night to 18 degrees so it doesn’t drop to 15 no more just in the hope it helps

 

[ColeopteraC]

So he won’t eat again until after he has molted now ?

Wait a few days after he molts before feeding (or check that his fangs have fully darkened), if the fangs are still soft following the molt he could attempt to impale the prey and deform his fangs.