PinkToe Tarantula Refusing Food

[Yk96]

My Pink Toe Tarantula is refusing food. She molted on March 15 Tried giving her crickets yesterday and tried hornworms today but nothing her stomach look small thats why I'm getting worried and shes grown. Help?

 

[Ratmosphere]

Not ready yet, give it a week before trying again. You can try and offer pre-killed too.

 

[IntermittentSygnal]

Is she a confirmed female? As said above, she’ll eat when she’s ready. You just have to be patient.

 

[viper69]

They eat when ready, or when fangs are hardened to eat etc

 

[cold blood]

Being skinny is of NO concern, in fact it's perfectly normal and it's how tarantulas grow....all ts are at their skinniest after a molt....it doesn't mean they're starving.....your t simply needs more time to recuperate....be patient.

 

[Motherofspiders112707]

My Pink Toe does this all the time. Doesn’t matter if she molted or not, she’s my worst eater. As long as she’s active and drinking water, everything should be okay. Do as everyone else is saying and give her some more time. Sometimes they’re just not hungry

 

[TheraMygale]

Hornworm looks bigger then tarantula. Sarcasm.
its still a big prey item…

My Pink Toe Tarantula is refusing food. She molted on March 15 Tried giving her crickets yesterday and tried hornworms today but nothing her stomach look small thats why I'm getting worried and shes grown. Help?

give it a month. Then start to consider having worries.

 

[Yk96]

Hornworm looks bigger then tarantula. Sarcasm.
its still a big prey item…



give it a month. Then start to consider having worries.

those where the only available size hornworms in my nearest Petco but i have a couple smaller ones i got a 4 count but got 5

 

[TheraMygale]

those where the only available size hornworms in my nearest Petco but i have a couple smaller ones i got a 4 count but got 5

it was meant as a joke, but maybe also why it was not eaten.

try small crickets.

don’t waste your money on hornworms, seriously.

 

[Yk96]

My Pink Toe does this all the time. Doesn’t matter if she molted or not, she’s my worst eater. As long as she’s active and drinking water, everything should be okay. Do as everyone else is saying and give her some more time. Sometimes they’re just not hungry

Yes i think shes drinking water cus i check the water dish daily and it gets lower and lower each day , The other day she gave me a scare because she was curling up. So i Immediately took her out the cage to offer her water , But she just started climbing up my arm like crazy and than she went back to normal, scared me…

 

[TheraMygale]

I don’t think thats the solution.


water evaporates, especialy in winter.

add a few delicate droplets to web. That might help.

 

[cold blood]

Yes i think shes drinking water cus i check the water dish daily and it gets lower and lower each day , The other day she gave me a scare because she was curling up. So i Immediately took her out the cage to offer her water , But she just started climbing up my arm like crazy and than she went back to normal, scared me…

Tarantulas don't drink like that....what they would drink would be almost imperceptible.....you're seeing evap or wicking.

 

[Yk96]

I don’t think thats the solution.


water evaporates, especialy in winter.

add a few delicate droplets to web. That might help.

So i sprinkled some water and she almost immediately walked to the droplets and laid on them she might or might not be drinking not sure, But its good to see her active and aware.

 

[TheraMygale]

So i sprinkled some water and she almost immediately walked to the droplets and laid on them she might or might not be drinking not sure, But its good to see her active and aware.

well, this sounds good indeed. Glad it might help.

 

[Yk96]

Update: I am misting her enclosure and shes been drinking alot of water.

 

[TheraMygale]

It is possible you tarantula prefers to drink in side enclosure, and never took to bowl. It happens. The important thing, is that now, you are providing hydration.

if you keep at it delicately, and not raining down your enclosure, then its going to benefit your tarantula.

you dont even have to mist: with a pipette, you drop droplets on their web. It is very instinctful for them. Because to much misting, drips in sub and adds up. Unless you’re monitering that.

 

[Yk96]

It is possible you tarantula prefers to drink in side enclosure, and never took to bowl. It happens. The important thing, is that now, you are providing hydration.

if you keep at it delicately, and not raining down your enclosure, then its going to benefit your tarantula.

you dont even have to mist: with a pipette, you drop droplets on their web. It is very instinctful for them. Because to much misting, drips in sub and adds up. Unless you’re monitering that.

Will try just adding drops. She seems to be hydrated as of now.

 

[Yk96]

It is possible you tarantula prefers to drink in side enclosure, and never took to bowl. It happens. The important thing, is that now, you are providing hydration.

if you keep at it delicately, and not raining down your enclosure, then its going to benefit your tarantula.

you dont even have to mist: with a pipette, you drop droplets on their web. It is very instinctful for them. Because to much misting, drips in sub and adds up. Unless you’re monitering that.

So i did some maintenance in her enclosure today and cleaned it up good added more dirt , she still been refusing food pre-killed. I found her drinking water in her bowl tho so that atleast makes me happy seems she likes to drink from side and bowl sometimes check it out.

 

[TheraMygale]

Do you have a photo of full enclosure?

they don’t need that much substrate. So i am juste curious what you meant about adding more.

 

[Yk96]

Do you have a photo of full enclosure?

they don’t need that much substrate. So i am juste curious what you meant about adding more.

Its a canopy from Tarantula Cribs but I'm not adding more dirt, I am just going to leave it as is for rn.