Tarantula abdomen

[Ungoliant]

You can gut load a cricket or dubia with a strong laxative.

Avics don't need your stinkin' laxatives.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

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

I'll make a note to start including predators, parasites, pests, fall/crushing hazards in my enclosures as well, maybe just let some of my collection completely starve to death, seeing as that all happens in the wild too... For too long we have coddled our Theraphosidae