my curly hair tarantula wont eat.

[friendttyy]

ray:I got these new born tarantulas yesterday and i tried feeding it some pin head crickets and it wont eat.I will be very thankful if any body can help>:? PLZ help

 

[Ciphor]

ray:I got these new born tarantulas yesterday and i tried feeding it some pin head crickets and it wont eat.I will be very thankful if any body can help>:? PLZ help

Your probably feeding it too soon.

For a spider, moving around and being re-housed is a stressful situation. Spiders do not typically eat when stressed. Don't worry, spiders can go loooong periods of time without a bite to eat. Take out the food, and give the spider seven days undisturbed. Make sure he has some water (but not a deep water dish, you could drowned him), then in a week try again to offer a pinhead crix.

 

[friendttyy]

I did give em pinheads and the T just ignores it

 

[Perocore]

friendttyy, as Ciphor has already said, you are feeding them TOO SOON. You should wait at least a week to try feeding them.

You see, they are probably just too stressed out from all the moving around to eat. Besides being too stressed to eat, trying to feed them so soon will just freak them out more. Just wait a while before you try messing with them or anything.

Also, just wondering, what exactly are you classifying as a "newborn" tarantula? How big are they, about? And what species?

 

[tonypace2009]

ray:I got these new born tarantulas yesterday and i tried feeding it some pin head crickets and it wont eat.I will be very thankful if any body can help>:? PLZ help

You said new born do know what instar they and how long
Ago did they molt? anyway they can go a while without eating
Offer a freshly killed pinhead once a week they will scavenge.
Take cricket out the next day if not eaten. For instars keep substrate
Moist and I usually litely mist a small spot on side of deli container.
They will drink from water droplets . As long as they are hydrated
They can go a long while without food.

 

[MarkmD]

As said give them some time to settle in, some slings get scared of live food, in a couple of days pre-kill the cricket and feed, also I feed my slings cricket legs they work well.

Good luck.

 

[goodoldneon]

Calm down - it will eat when IT'S hungry - with total disregard for your peace of mind.

 

[Osmo]

Are you feeding it live food? Some T's i have are skittish slings and will only eat dead food.

It also may be premolt. Slings molt pretty fast and if its premolt it wont eat anything.

Just keep a moist spot for it to get water fromt he ground and let it do its thing.

 

[friendttyy]

If it is @ premolt will iy sstoll buroow under the ground and walk around.They are all yellow.

---------- Post added 12-02-2012 at 10:34 AM ----------

they are curly hairs and 10 days old

 

[friendttyy]

Caring 4 baby tarantulas.

So I got these baby curly hairs and I fed them Ph crix but they wont eat.Their bodies are yellow wats rong.

 

[paassatt]

The abdomen is yellow because it's only a first instar; it shouldn't have been sold until it molted again. For future reference, don't use sponges as a water source.

 

[Hobo]

Those are still first instar and won't eat. Keep them moist until they molt again. Give them a few days after molting before trying to feed.

 

[catfishrod69]

Agreed with the above, they are 1st instar and not ready to eat yet.

 

[ImDeadly]

Seeing as how the tard sold them at this stage, I wouldn't be so sure of their species either.

Sent from my LG-C729

 

[tonypace2009]

There next molt they will probably be ready to eat . Sponges host bacteria and other
Bad things you don't want around your Ts . The bottom of the container has DOB 21/11/2012
Iam guessing that should read 11/21/2012 wich means the day they emerged as first instar Iam
Guessing.I have never raised this species so I would have to guess that you have at least two to
Three weeks before they molt to second instar. Then I would waight another week before feeding
I would keep one side of your substrate moist .

 

[jen650s]

As said in the other 2 threads you started about this (not to be snarky, but come on...) they will eat when they eat and nothing you can do will change that.

What is wrong in this case is that Those Ts are too young to have started eating and will require another molt plus several days. Most would not have sold or purchased them for at least one more molt and until they had begun feeding.

 

[jen650s]

There next molt they will probably be ready to eat . Sponges host bacteria and other
Bad things you don't want around your Ts . The bottom of the container has DOB 21/11/2012
Iam guessing that should read 11/21/2012 wich means the day they emerged as first instar Iam
Guessing.I have never raised this species so I would have to guess that you have at least two to
Three weeks before they molt to second instar. Then I would waight another week before feeding
I would keep one side of your substrate moist .

That is how dates are listed in other parts of the world, day, month, year.

At that size keep the substrate moist and as others have said ditch the sponge.

 

[Kazaam]

T's only eat when they want to, you can't force feed them.

Unless there are nematodes sticking out of its mouth you shouldn't worry about it.

 

[friendttyy]

Thanx I will be removing the sponge and pinheads now.Wat must I give water to them with

 

[friendttyy]

It is because theyr 1st instars.Thnaks 4 the help but give more advice.