Because that's just plain stupidity and irresponsibility, if you run over your dog on accident then it's an accident, if you feed your dog a whole chocolate bunny say every week or 2, it'll affect him. Why don't you try that with your dog? Push the envelope some more? You won't, why? Because it's dumb. Same thing with the feeding a T a T situation, you're being impractical and irresponsible. If you really don't see what you're doing wrong then you have to realize you might as well be running over your dog with your car to see if it'd break his leg.
Thanks for the info. As I was pretty sure already, no scientific report has been written on feeding inverts, vertebrae. Of course, the fact I stated calcium was because this has been the primary reason that people thought would result in bad molts. Of course there could be plenty of other reasons and there is also the possibility of it not being harmful at all. But for sure i'll agree with all of you that it isin't worth the risk when there are plenty of other food sources to choose from. As for Theraphosa, this is a genus that get's big. And I have observed that it knows when to stop eating. So maybe it's not that people feed them too much, but they feed them prey items that are too big. I guess this could also be a theory...There is no evidence that it is the calcium in vertebras that is causing molting problems, it could be the fat or other "ingredients"Many use frogs and small lizards as part of their birdspiders diet without any problems. One problem alone is that many hobbyists feed their Theraphosa to much and it gets harder for it to molt due to their size, they get exhausted and dies.
Sadly you wont get much joy from your male if you dont find a female for him, he will just wander around in his tank and die probably within a year.
So you're gonna buy a G. rosea and accidentally feed it to your T. stirmi?
I'm sure I speak for a lot of people when I say just because I won't feed any of my tarantulas another tarantula (or anything else that may do it harm, for that matter) doesn't mean I lack vision, or am afraid of being an outcast. I won't do it because it smacks the idea of caring for your spider right in the face. Do what you want; your spider, your rules. But not using another tarantula as a feeder item has nothing to do with vision or lack thereof.
Well, she wouldn't have got to take those awesome pics man (sarcasm) Everyone told you no but yet you do it anyway and show it to us.
I am not emotionally attached to my t's but I like all animals. Yes I like watching them do what they do but not "attached" and yes I feed crix and roaches but they are CB and I am not supporting the destruction of the wild population. You obviously don't care about the well being of your spiders. You aren't feeding it another T because you feel it is missing something in its diet. You are feeding it another t so you can go "Wow dude, that was sweet man" Some people just never cease to amaze me. Probably not the best idea coming to a tarantula forum saying you would feed another t to a t for no particular reason. I sure as heck wouldn't sell to you.
..and maybe all those protein rich eggs inside them? Yummy. X-D
I think I see pigs flying over a frozen Hell. ;PWhoa... Fran suggesting feeding a T a vertebrate.
As for feeding Ts to other Ts, that is ridiculous. For that, and the fact you said you would "just get another one" if it dies from it, that shows carelessness.
Somebody must be flying high to come up with that haha!
I JUST said this in another thread. I am dislexic. Your lucky you where even able to read it.
