Hand Feeding T!!!

[beanb142002]

Well...if you count dangling a cricket by a thread while holding the other end in your hand hand feeding then I've succeeded.

My female b. auratum (same one I've been posting about) was not eating.
She has eaten twice in my care. TWICE!!! I've had her for over a year now!!!

Her abdomen has shrunken some and that concerned me as it should.

I talked to a guy experienced with Ts and he told me that he had success with this method.

I tried it and...SUCCESS!!!

Here's what I did:
1. I tied a piece of thread to a cricket's back legs.
2. I took the other end in my hand (I'm a lefty) and dangled it in front of
the T.
3. I bumped the T. with the cricket and used her defensive nature as
an advantage. After a few more knocks with the cricket, right in the
chelicerae, she bit down and held on.

She then chewed some and dropped it then picked it back up and is still chewing. Should be done in an hour or so.

Now I'll do this everyday for a week and then she should be in good shape.

And don't worry about the remaining thread on the cricket. She will simply discard it in the bolus (remains.)

 

[satanslilhelper]

To save a little time you could get some say 10-12 in. tongs and do the same thing. The tongs also come in handy for cleanings and other things. I do this with some of my T's.

Glad your T ate!!

 

[beanb142002]

I'm glad she ate too...now if I can just get her to polka:?

Just kidding

 

[BrynWilliams]

nice job getting it fed

can't say i'm gonna put down the tongs to feed my Ts though. Not in my asylum anyway

 

[Aschamne]

My Psalmopoeus irminia has actually taken a cricket out of my hand. I had opened my hand to drop the cricket into the Ts enclosure. The cricket did not want to come off of my hand, so I was pulling my hand across the edge of the opening. Then, the T came out of her webbing and grabbed the cricket. She was back in her webbing before I even realized what had happened.

Art

 

[Fasciatum]

Awesome! My friend got same issue! his female b. auratum won't eat! gonna link this to him right away! Thanks!

 

[Jilly1337]

My Psalmopoeus irminia has actually taken a cricket out of my hand. I had opened my hand to drop the cricket into the Ts enclosure. The cricket did not want to come off of my hand, so I was pulling my hand across the edge of the opening. Then, the T came out of her webbing and grabbed the cricket. She was back in her webbing before I even realized what had happened.

Art

I bet that got your attention!! Those suckers are so quick!!

 

[Anastasia]

or it could be Irminia fang in that hand
be careful, many times that I tong feed my larger spiders
they often latch on to tongs then a pray item

 

[BCscorp]

Cool! seems like the T was shy and hungry? this is my A. versis being hand fed..just for kicks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cqqFR_lbZM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89rN1q_ssLA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2EIcthCteE

Well...if you count dangling a cricket by a thread while holding the other end in your hand hand feeding then I've succeeded.

My female b. auratum (same one I've been posting about) was not eating.
She has eaten twice in my care. TWICE!!! I've had her for over a year now!!!

Her abdomen has shrunken some and that concerned me as it should.

I talked to a guy experienced with Ts and he told me that he had success with this method.

I tried it and...SUCCESS!!!

Here's what I did:
1. I tied a piece of thread to a cricket's back legs.
2. I took the other end in my hand (I'm a lefty) and dangled it in front of
the T.
3. I bumped the T. with the cricket and used her defensive nature as
an advantage. After a few more knocks with the cricket, right in the
chelicerae, she bit down and held on.

She then chewed some and dropped it then picked it back up and is still chewing. Should be done in an hour or so.

Now I'll do this everyday for a week and then she should be in good shape.

And don't worry about the remaining thread on the cricket. She will simply discard it in the bolus (remains.)

 

[Hobo]

Well...if you count dangling a cricket by a thread while holding the other end in your hand hand feeding then I've succeeded.

My female b. auratum (same one I've been posting about) was not eating.
She has eaten twice in my care. TWICE!!! I've had her for over a year now!!!

Her abdomen has shrunken some and that concerned me as it should.

I talked to a guy experienced with Ts and he told me that he had success with this method.

I tried it and...SUCCESS!!!

Here's what I did:
1. I tied a piece of thread to a cricket's back legs.
2. I took the other end in my hand (I'm a lefty) and dangled it in front of
the T.
3. I bumped the T. with the cricket and used her defensive nature as
an advantage. After a few more knocks with the cricket, right in the
chelicerae, she bit down and held on.

She then chewed some and dropped it then picked it back up and is still chewing. Should be done in an hour or so.

Now I'll do this everyday for a week and then she should be in good shape.

And don't worry about the remaining thread on the cricket. She will simply discard it in the bolus (remains.)

Neat. Reminds me of this. Yess!!!!
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[forrestpengra]

Neat. Reminds me of this. Yess!!!!

Yessss!!! Yessss!!! Awesome!!! Yesss...
Def. worth watching...