How often to feed jumping spiders?

eelnoob

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I just fed mines yesterday but with them being so active how do I know when to feed them again?
 

Widowman10

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feed it until it looks full and sated. what species is it? i use different feeding schedules for different spiders. just til they look fat and happy.
 

Deroplatys

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My P.audax had a fruit fly a day, he was constantly topped up :)
Bloody hell i miss them :(
Their not dead im just waiting for them to be sent back :p
 

TheTyro

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My adult male P.Audax would eat every 3 or four days. I gave him small crickets ( big for him) and that seemed to be good enough for a while.

I miss him. :(

My juvenile P. Regius ( I think ) will eat pretty much everything I give her when she's preparing to molt. But when she's inbetween she eats about as often as the adults do, about every 3 days. They eat when they are hungry so I tend to leave their food in the cage for when they wanna have a meal.
 

eelnoob

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ZergFront

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I feed my jumpers when they don't have that "chubby" look... hmmmm about every two days for slings and each week for adults; more often when they're active. If they're not visibly seen or they are noticed in their tent, I take that as a sign they want to be left alone and just do a light misting so that they have water at least.

I've had a few Phidippus that will take a struggling insect from tongs.
 
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