My spider at 1/5 of it's fly!

[SalticusScenicusStar]

I have owned my pet zebra jumping spider for over 7 months, and today, she ate only 1/5 of the fruit fly I gave her! She ate(drank) the head, but left the body out. The fly is still moving! Do you happen to know why?

 

[SilentWidowMaker]

When was the last time she ate? It could be various number of things such as climate, housing changes or even premolt. Does she normally eat 5? And so because she didn't this time you feel like something could be wrong?

 

[SalticusScenicusStar]

She ate yesterday and the day before.

She didn't premolt or molt. While removing some dead prey, I moved some branches around in her enclosure.

 

[Poonjab]

1/5 you say? Hmmm. If it ate 1/2 or even 1/4 I would say this is no cause for concern. However.... at 1/5, it could be a multitude of reasons. Yet.. if I had to guess. I’d honestly say that it’s just full. Don’t feed for a couple of days and it’ll go back to normal eating