kicking hairs at mouse

[Anna]

hey guys- i just got a theraphosa a few days ago that had recently molted, a confirmed male. the guy told me it would probably be hungry, so i gave it a mouse and he has decided to turn around in his burrow and kick his butt hairs at it when it walks by. how long do they normally take to decide to eat something?

 

[grayzone]

id give ANY t at least a week ... look at the fangs and wait untill they are BLACK (not just dark red) and its safe to make offerings. MICE however, are somethin ya dont want to offer too much... ( the occasional is fine in my opinion). it is not unheard of for males to absolutely quit eating after maturity also... lets hope in your case your male decides he WANTS to eat... I, personally, would find him a lady or trade him off as hes on borrowed time

 

[Anna]

a week for him to eat it? he molted well over a week ago if that's what you mean... What would you recommend I feed him, I hear roaches are good?

He also just hangs out in his burrow a lot and doesn't give me much ability to see his fangs, but thanks for the tip I'll keep it in mind

 

[Scoolman]

My T stirmi took a month before she was ready to eat after her molt. You should also give him a good week or two to settle into his new home before bombarding him with prey, especially prey that can fight back.
If your male is mature, and a T stirmi, Precious is looking for a date.

 

[LV-426]

in my T stirmi's case, after it molted i waited till it started to hang out outside of its hide before i fed it. that took about a week or two

 

[Warren Bautista]

Don't feed any of your spiders any type of vertebrate.

Crickets will do.

I wouldn't feed large spiders until at least 10 days - 2 weeks after a molt.

Give it time to acclimate to its new housing.

i have a mecher mail g. polcra

lawl

 

[grayzone]

yes anna i meant AT LEAST a week after a molt.... maybe a week and a half, and YES roaches are an EXCELLENT food source. high in protein and low in fat. i also found if you squish them a lil when grabbin them they wont stick to the tongs and you have less a chance of a rogue roach runnin round the house :barf: thats my worse nightmare****knock on wood**

 

[caaraa]

he molted well over a week ago if that's what you mean

 

[Mojo Jojo]

One day you will be haunted by the sound of the squealing mouse.

 

[xhexdx]

Don't feed it a mouse, feed it crickets or roaches.

Very new, and young member to the forum. If any of you looked up the profile you would have known that. We should try to be more open and welcoming to the new tarantula hobbyists.

Where in the profile are you seeing that he's young? All I see is that you're his only friend, and that he joined today.

Regardless of newness to the forum, he's obviously able to tell his male is mature - he should also know how to properly spell the scientific name.

Did you know the minimum age to join the site is 13? If he's younger than that, he's also breaking this site's rules just by being here.

 

[Anna]

Thank you everyone! The pet store I went to didn't roaches but otherwise I would have gotten one. He's been really active and marching around the last few days and when I just checked on him a minute ago he was all geared up like he was about to strike. I guess I'll take it out of there in... a little while if he doesn't eat it?

I didn't know mice were bad I will stick to crickets and roaches from now on. I checked with the store I got him from and he molted several weeks ago in mid-April.

Just for future reference, if i were to go with crickets, how many would I be looking to feed this spider? He's like 6 inches across....

 

[xhexdx]

Feed him 5 or so every week or two. Assuming they're full-grown adult female crickets.

 

[Silberrücken]

Assuming they're full-grown adult female crickets.

I'm just curious....

Why only female crickets?

Not trying to start anything, xhexdx... I really AM wondering why. :?

S.

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[redrumpslump]

I'm just guessing Joe said female crickets because they get a bit larger then males. I could be wrong, but that's my guess.

Matt

 

[LV-426]

i like to feed my larger Ts females due to the larger size so maybe thats why xhexdx made that comment. on the topic, since its illegal to own roaches as pets and feeders in FL,how many crickets do you need weekly or otherwise to substain a T. stirmi? I have an alternative (not mice) that i was thinking about, but not sure on using them.

 

[Chris_Skeleton]

i like to feed my larger Ts females due to the larger size so maybe thats why xhexdx made that comment. on the topic, since its illegal to own roaches as pets and feeders in FL,how many crickets do you need weekly or otherwise to substain a T. stirmi? I have an alternative (not mice) that i was thinking about, but not sure on using them.

Trust me, kittens aren't good feeders. :}

 

[Fran]

Female crickets tend to be full of eggs. Bigger, better, dont chirp and meatier

 

[xhexdx]

For all the reasons given, that's why I said females.

 

[LV-426]

Trust me, kittens aren't good feeders. :}

no not kittens, im thinking WC imported G. rosea i can get real cheap as an occasional food source. its just a thought.

 

[paassatt]

I've gotten off of crickets as of late and moved to dubias as feeders. I too used to only feed female crickets, but I grew tired of bending or snipping the ovipositor before dropping them into the enclosure. Those rascals would start trying to lay eggs as soon as they felt substrate under their feet.

The prohibition on owning roaches in Florida seems a little ridiculous, in my opinion. Now, this opinion is coming from someone who's only been to Florida once on a Disney World vacation as a kid, so maybe the ban is really a necessity? Anyway, I didn't mean to go off on too much of a tangent...