Inda the Indian Ornamental having lunch

[hurley0816]

:clap:

 

[hurley0816]

Does anyone else feed pinkies??

 

[Becky Wheeler]

yeah! i feed my T's pinkies after a molt. They love it!

 

[8 legged freak]

i feed mine pinkies on my holidays yule, samhain, etc..

vincent

 

[PinkLady]

We feed our T's pinkies for a treat once in awhile.

 

[joe8421]

pinkies ,once a month is quite enough for my P.regalis (4'' legspan)

 

[Joeyo]

i can't find a shop near me that carries live pinkies.

 

[cloud711]

cool pic. was the pinkie alive when you fed it to your p regalis? i was thinking of feeding my t's pinkies when they reach 4 inches in size.

 

[hurley0816]

yes very much alive!! it was cool watching her grab it and wait for it to die.if you look at the poecilotheria thread on page 52 there is another pic of my baby, if you are interested in seeing her color.

 

[cloud711]

whats should be the ideal size of the t before you can feed it a pinkie? :?

 

[hurley0816]

my first pinkie fed was when she was 4-4.5 inches. u could probably go a little smaller but im no expert.probably more up to your T than u

 

[Crunchie]

Does anyone else feed pinkies??

Only once or twice a year, of course these are pre-killed.

 

[dustypa]

I dont think i could do that, i used to have mice for pets, their so cute!!! call me crazy,hehe

 

[matty J]

I promised myself I would never feed one of my T's a mammal. I just couldn't do it, BUT!!!!!! I am definetly concidering it as a after molt treat fo sho!!!! I'll let ya know!

 

[eman]

yes very much alive!! it was cool watching her grab it and wait for it to die.if you look at the poecilotheria thread on page 52 there is another pic of my baby, if you are interested in seeing her color.

Personally, I take no pleasure in waiting for something to die - this is a little too morbid for me. I do appreciate my spiders gaining a bit of wait however... But certainly not with pinkies - especially considering that pinkies are never part of their diets in the wild! I seriously question the nutrient value to pinkies... putting on weight does not automatically give you a healthy spider.

This subject has been hashed time and again on this forum...

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?p=550964#post550964

Cheers!

 

[Arlius]

Pinkies no, small vertabrates, yes. So it is close enough. No Ts I have would ever eat a cricket in the wild, but thats all they get.

 

[eman]

Pinkies no, small vertabrates, yes. So it is close enough. No Ts I have would ever eat a cricket in the wild, but thats all they get.

Small vertebrates yes, but rodents no... more like reptiles and amphibians. Also, common grey or black crickets (or similar variants) occur all the way down to South America.

 

[Fille]

I seldom offer rodents to my T's because i doubt if there is any extra nutritional value in them. I rather get something bigger (let's say rabbit size) and feed them to my Burmese python No harm in giving them to your T though, just of little use imho.

Nice Ornemental by the way, hope she enjoyed her pinky fest.