Hey all, I recently started into the hobby and well... 1 tarantula soon turns into several. Everything is going really well, but I have 2 feeding questions.
GBB. It wants to eat NON STOP. Do I let it eat as much as it wants (until it stops) or do I eventually stop it until the next feeding? Right now I'm feeding twice a week and "she" has a big booty so I have been stopping. It's about an inch maybe an inch and a half.
My second question is for malnourished spiders. I recently acquired a T. stirmi (and feel so overwhelmed). But when I got it home and rehoused I noticed a blackened leg and its abdomen is shockingly and saddeningly small. It wants to eat, eat, and eat some more to make up for it I assume. How often should I feed it and how much? I work with small animals/mammals that you have to take it slow and ease into building up food... is it similar with these guys? It is happily eating med/large crickets and today I got it a somewhat decent sized hornworm that it is currently enjoying.
Thanks for the help!
GBB. It wants to eat NON STOP. Do I let it eat as much as it wants (until it stops) or do I eventually stop it until the next feeding? Right now I'm feeding twice a week and "she" has a big booty so I have been stopping. It's about an inch maybe an inch and a half.
My second question is for malnourished spiders. I recently acquired a T. stirmi (and feel so overwhelmed). But when I got it home and rehoused I noticed a blackened leg and its abdomen is shockingly and saddeningly small. It wants to eat, eat, and eat some more to make up for it I assume. How often should I feed it and how much? I work with small animals/mammals that you have to take it slow and ease into building up food... is it similar with these guys? It is happily eating med/large crickets and today I got it a somewhat decent sized hornworm that it is currently enjoying.
Thanks for the help!