Pinky feed failed miserably...

[Formerphobe]

I just feed my T's little bowls of chef boyardee spaghetti and meatballs

That stuff ain't fit for human consumption! uke:
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---------- Post added 12-23-2011 at 07:39 PM ----------

The whole "they eat live mice in the wild" argument, has made me wonder about something.

How common do you think it is for a tarantula to actually eat a pinkie mouse or rat? Pinkies stay in the burrow/den whatever you want to call it, they are defenseless for the most part and don't leave mom. Typically tarantulas don't go wandering (aside from MMs who aren't wandering to find food,) they kill and eat the prey that comes to them, and I just can't see a pinkie wandering into a tarantulas territory. I'm solely getting into PINKIES here, and not older mice or rats that are out and about in the wild.

Just a thought I've had for a while, reading all the arguments regarding feeding mice/rats.

I also still agree with the thought that just because something is done in the wild, doesn't make it neccessary, or even beneficial, in captivity and feel no need to feed verts to my spiders. Just my opinion there, there's no proof either way on what can happen by having them in their diet, so it's just not a risk I feel like taking when there are plenty of good feeders available

+1 I subscribe to this same train of thought... There are also predators in the wild that opportunistically take on the 'wrong' prey and end up dead as a result. I think I will continue to feed my Ts on the side of caution and stick to inverts for my inverts.