Tarantula abdomen

[SuleymanC]

How to make tarantula abdomen slimmer without starving your tarantula? My female adult B.albopilosum have obese abdomen... How can I help her get thin abdomen?

 

[SuleymanC]

Does feeding only monthly mealworm would fix the problem?

 

[Morgan1304]

How often do you feed her at the minute?

 

[Moakmeister]

Does feeding only monthly mealworm would fix the problem?

That's the same thing as not feeding it...

 

[Moakmeister]

Yeah you reduce its weight by not feeding it for awhile.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Extend the amount of time between feedings and feed smaller prey items, if mine start to fatten up too quickly on the normal feeding schedule then I cut back, my B. emilia and G. pulchripes juveniles are fed once a fortnight instead of once a week like all my other juveniles because of this.

 

[Anoplogaster]

Not sure why a fat abdomen is a problem. Are you thinking it looks better skinnier?

 

[SuleymanC]

It's 2 times bigger than the carapace

 

[darkness975]

It's 2 times bigger than the carapace

Feed it less often and smaller prey items.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Not sure why a fat abdomen is a problem. Are you thinking it looks better skinnier?

If it gets so big that they can't lift it off the floor then they can suffer drag injuries.

I like to keep mine around 1.5 x carapace size.

I often see people like this on Wastebook and it sends my cringe reflex into overdrive.

 

[EulersK]

If it gets so big that they can't lift it off the floor then they can suffer drag injuries.

I like to keep mine around 1.5 x carapace size.

This about sums it up, even down to the specific sizes. The notable exception would be slings - feed those suckers until they refuse food.

 

[Ungoliant]

The notable exception would be slings - feed those suckers until they refuse food.

My juvenile Acanthoscurria geniculata is looking at me with an expression that says, "Feed me like one of your slings."

 

[The Grym Reaper]

My juvenile Acanthoscurria geniculata is looking at me with an expression that says, "Feed me like one of your slings."

My adult female looks at me like that, when she's not eyeing up my corn snake

 

[The Grym Reaper]

The notable exception would be slings - feed those suckers until they refuse food.

Standard, a fat sling is a happy sling.

 

[Andrea82]

My juvenile Acanthoscurria geniculata is looking at me with an expression that says, "Feed me like one of your slings."

Are you sure it's the sling you're talking about and not you yourself?

 

[miss moxie]

Agreed. I attempt to keep sub-adults & adults with their abdomens at about 1.5x their carapace. Pictures might help. Obese is a very subjective term when it comes to eyeballing tarantulas.

One person's obese might be one person's 'just right'.

This also happens with humans when it comes to choosing romantic partners.

 

[sasker]

You can gut load a cricket or dubia with a strong laxative. Additionally, you could mix some XTC through the water to speed up the metabolism

 

[PidderPeets]

You can gut load a cricket or dubia with a strong laxative. Additionally, you could mix some XTC through the water to speed up the metabolism

Silly troll is silly

 

[Anoplogaster]

You can gut load a cricket or dubia with a strong laxative. Additionally, you could mix some XTC through the water to speed up the metabolism

Lol careful now. Some newbie is going to google this thread and take you seriously

 

[advan]

If it gets so big that they can't lift it off the floor then they can suffer drag injuries.

I like to keep mine around 1.5 x carapace size.

I often see people like this on Wastebook and it sends my cringe reflex into overdrive.

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That quote looks fine to me. Go find a picture of a non-gravid, obese Theraphosidae in the wild.