The Grym Reaper
Arachnoreaper
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I'm well aware that they don't need to eat (and who regularly says it) but it's just less hassle to put them on a reduced schedule and feed smaller items so they don't fatten up any further and it gives me a better idea of when they actually enter pre-moult. I think the only time I've ever outright refused to feed something until it moulted was when I received a heinously fat P. atrichomatus juvie (his abdomen was easily over 3x carapace size) because I've never allowed a tarantula in my care to get that fat.But fat T's don't need to eat. A very famous quote around these parts that originated from Coldblood. That being said, unless you think its cruel (which I do find silly IMO)...I don't see a reason to feed.
Like I said, it's extremely rare that I ever get to a point where I feel I have to reduce feeding (only happens with unusually slow growing specimens) as I've pretty much perfected my feeding schedules* so that I don't end up with obese Ts or overly long fasting periods prior to moults, I also don't do the whole heavier feeding right after a moult (that some of the more experienced keepers on here do) as they'll fatten naturally over the course of their moult cycles.
*Yeah, I know that'll trigger the "I don't don't do schedules" massive but weapons grade Autism means that I don't do winging it
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