How do you feed burrowing slings?

[Jacobospider5]

I wanted to know how to make sure my burrowing slings are eating. I usually feed them prekilled crickets.

 

[Chris11]

Just drop prey at the mouth of the burrow.

 

[cold blood]

pre-killed prey at the burrow mouth would do the trick....if its still there, it ate, if its gone, its probably eaten. What species?

 

[Benurmanii]

Pre-killed is always the best option, perhaps the only option. Even when you think you'll be fine feeding live prey, you aren't.

There is just too much risk to let live prey into a small sling's enclousure, especially when there is a burrow involved.

 

[lalberts9310]

Pre-killed prey left at the mouth of the burrow. They'll also poke their legs out of the burrow, sit at the mouth of the burrow or sometimes outside, that's another indicator to know the T is hungry.

I find it best to offer pre-killed as slings tend to get startled and feel intimidated easily, so i offer pre-killed and had no problems. They'll happily scavenge. When they hit their juvenile stages I start feeding live when I see their legs poking out of the burrow or if they sit at the burrow mouth or outside. A sealed off burrow or a hiding burrower = not hungry, don't disturb.

 

[Pociemon]

Feed them late evenings when they are active. I feed them live prey, just in a appropriate size. Slings i keep in small clear containers so i can see what going on in the burrow. Mybe dont feed them crickets, use dubia roaches and put them down the hole, they are harmless to the T´s and you get a much better food response from them.

 

[Jacobospider5]

Its for C. mashalli and OBT

 

[cold blood]

Lol, both spectacular eaters, even when small...live pinheads will do just fine....pre-kill mealworms if you use them, just so they don't burrow. Wax worms are a great alternative for slings, and ts of all sizes absolutely love them.

Pre-kill will still work just fine, but both these species should certainly not demand it, they'll tackle appropriate size prey when they are ready to eat....just feed them when you see them hunting.

 

[Sam_Peanuts]

Leaving pre-killed prey near the mouth of the burrow is what I do most of the time when they're really small or with the more secretive species that don't always leave their legs at the mouth of their burrow when hungry.

If you can see them waiting at the mouth of their burrow(which is the universal sign that a burrowing species is ready to eat), it's perfectly fine to feed them an appropriately sized prey(slings get spooked easily when a prey is too big for their taste) and they'll jump on it when it gets near or fly out of their burrow to catch it(or at least try to).

My C. marshalli are still very small so they only get cricket legs near their burrow and even those are a bit big for them and it usually disappear a few hours later.

I've had OBTs of all sizes and they will attack pretty much everything. They do sometimes get spooked when a prey is too big, but they often don't have any problem taking down a prey even if it's bigger than them(which is not a good idea to offer, but I'm lazy sometimes and don't have smaller prey). I feed them live prey as soon as I can(meaning the prey doesn't need to be so small that it's super hard to catch by hand) with them since it's a lot of fun to watch them and they rarely shy away from anything. They will also happily scavenge though.

 

[viper69]

Feed live food, this isn't rocket science.

 

[Travis21v4]

Only thing to be scared of is if its molting. But i fees only live, and never had a issue. Just make sure to watch and if its 24 hrs i take it out. But also my slings block off the entrance while molting. Maybe im lucky

 

[Steve123]

Feed live food, this isn't rocket science.

For me, feeding live food is half the fun of owning a T . . .

 

[viper69]

Same here Steve!