Tarantulas that eat full grown mice???

[penngomifan]

i was on you tube and i must say the way they feed some of the mice to stuff is cruel......... but i was wondering what tarantulas are cabaple of eating full grown mice??? obvisouly a blondi and parahybana can when there adults........ but is there others?

 

[Andy]

Theres a video of a G rosea taking one down somewhere so I guess anything thats the same size as the mouse and slightly starved.
However if you want to see a mouse turn into poop get a snake

 

[MindUtopia]

Probably anything that is on the larger side would be capable of eating a live adult mouse - like A. geniculata or some of the larger pokies. However, you have to weigh the coolness factor against the risk of the mouse injuring your T and the mess you have to clean up afterwards.

 

[Mr Short Radius]

You also need to watch out which mouse you give your T

LMAO

http://www.waol.com/pages/s53.html

 

[tarangela2]

check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GU-fprayYU

;P

 

[Michael Jacobi]

However if you want to see a mouse turn into poop get a snake

Well put. Feeding live rodents to arachnids is no different than feeding live rodents to snakes... an unnecessary risk of injury to a wonderful predator in an unnatural captive situation. Try roaches.

Best regards, Michael

 

[Mr Short Radius]

A mouse every few months is good for it's intake. To much mouse in it's diet is too much nutrients. As for safety for the T, just hold the set the mouse on a table holding it's tail, put something (like the back end of a knife blade) over it's neck without pushing down, and pull on it's tail instantly breaking it's neck. Than, dangle it in front of a very hungry T. Clean up is pretty easy by just grabbing it's tail and tossing it. Just dont forget about it.

 

[instar]

check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GU-fprayYU

;P

Impressive! But, I couldn't take the chance of a one dollar mouse injuring or even killing my one hundred dollar (or more) spider.

 

[pitbulllady]

I feed an occasional adult mouse or small rat to my large female G. aureostriata, and she is more than capable of making one disappear, but I only feed her pre-killed or frozen-thawed, as with most of my snakes(my Ball Python is an exception and refuses to eat anything but small live rats, but that's a Ball Python for you). All I have to do is dangle the rodent by the tail in front of her with tongs, just like I do with the snakes, and she'll grab it. In 24 hours you won't be able to tell that the mouse ever existed, other than a small wad of fur. I see no need of feeding live rodents to tarantulas, since all of mine which will eat a rodent are perfectly willing to take one that's already dead, and one of my G. roseas will even eat a small mouse that I just leave lying in her enclosure. My spiders sort of get to play the role of scavenger when one of my snakes refuses a meal for whatever reason, so rather than throw the mouse out or flush it, I usually give it to one of the Ts. My Emperor scorps will do the same, and they will eat virtually ANYTHING, like multi-limbed hyenas with pinchers, but they do make quite a mess.

pitbulllady

 

[CopperInMyVeins]

check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GU-fprayYU

;P

Some mice are better that evasion than others.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRTsYtsBGN8

 

[ScorpionFanatic]

Yep

I used to feed my G. rosea full grown mice once every six months or so. She never had a single problem taking one down.

 

[BigToach]

get a big aggressive P. cancerides feed it mice and be impressed.

 

[Merfolk]

The problem is that the big NW hunk that people associate with mice eating aren't designed to digest warm blooded herbivores. Africans T are more into mice int the wild, some asian as well..

Get a feeder gecko instead, the hunt is crazy, they're like 4$ and it's what they eat in the wild actually.

A mouse will take way longer to digest than a cold blooded feeder of the same mass ( for my LP at least)

 

[Natemass]

the only problem with the cheap geckos that are sold are WC same with anoles.

 

[jimmyx36]

I think it's unneccessary and therefore wrong. You could feed your T a large cockroach or something large and less sentient and self-aware. A baby rat might be better.

I'm a vegan so I always keep this stuff in mind. I try to balance moral feeding methods and the natural needs of the spider.

 

[Becky]

i dont have a problem feeding rodents or chicks...as long as they are dead. My G. aureostriata eats mice no problem