Theraphosa Blondi Eating Mouse (warning)

[moricollins]

English please.

thanks, Cpt. Insensitive, did you happen to notice that randolph (who i am assuming you are talking about) is from the republic of taiwan?

And trust me im not ever going to risk my $200 tarantula from getting injured just to feed it a stupid mouse.

then why are you feeding it a live mouse? :wall: :wall: :? :?

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=6383&highlight=blondi+mouse+injury

 

[Midnightrdr456]

It may come off as harsh but honestly I dont think anyone here would try to put you down just to make themselves feel better (at least I wouldnt nor would any of the people I have met yet).

I have also fed a live mouse to a blondi, but after talking to people here will never do it again, I just see no need. Im sure the odds of a small mouse hurting a big blondi are slim, but in the off chance it happens I would feel horrible. Also I feel it would never need any quite as large as a mouse if you really want to feed live prey maybe feed it live fuzzy mice, the odds of one of them hurting your T are significantly less.

Eitherway nice looking blondi and I hope you dont take this post as someone trying to talk down to you, just some friendly advice (such as the kind I have received here so far)

 

[gothsinpink]

Come on people....the mouse was alive yes but it was stunned...it wasn't going anywhere...you take it by the tail and hit it on something hard and give it sort of a slight concussion...it just kind of twitches for awhile....so yes I agree with the poster of this thread...the tarantula easily overpowered it and there was no risk to the tarantula...awesome pic btw

 

[Midnightrdr456]

i used stunned mice with my corn and king snakes, and once the mouse bit my kingsnake on the eye, he is since then blind in that one eye and was not a happy snake. The only reason people suggest advice like this is to prevent accident which can harm your pet, nothing more. Its only advice yes, but i felt the same way and unfortunately learned the hard way. Luckily that snake is still alive and with me (Junior in college got it when I was in 2nd grade lol, the bite happened when I was in 11th grade)

 

[moricollins]

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=29658

 

[JPD]

The only reason people suggest advice like this is to prevent accident which can harm your pet, nothing more.

As you did. A little insight based on your experience. Some of the other comments though were purely sarcastic in nature and not meant to move the thread along. It sounds as though there is a bit of "history" amongst our Canadian friends?

I did, at one time, feed a live mouse to a T.blondi. There were too many close calls as she attempted to subdue it though, so I now feed only dead.
I may actually stop doing it all together though due to the stench factor.

Do you find when your blondi is done with a mouse they will put the bolus into their water dish?? Mine insists on doing this, making a discusting soup which I have to deal with... UGH... nasty

Yes! And it is truly disgusting.

 

[jbrd]

When i feed mine mice they seem to have no problems over powering them?! And they put there bolus right up next to the glass for me to take care of

 

[pureabsolutevoid]

It boils down to the owner of the T's choice. If they want to risk it, they risk it. There is something about seeing a tarantula take out a vertebrate that just isnt the same if it is a thawed out dead one.

 

[becca81]

...you take it by the tail and hit it on something hard and give it sort of a slight concussion...it just kind of twitches for awhile

Nice.. so why not let the mouse suffer as long as possible?

 

[ScorpZion]

very nice pic!!!!! has anyone seen the video from predators of the wild? about the blondi? when it ate a ferr de lance? lol anyone know where to get that bark the shamn used hehehehehe

 

[j_hicks1984]

Thanks for the pics.

 

[C_Strike]

ok, i understand your point, and again i understand ppl decide to feed live prey, but it seems pretty unfair to have a live mouse, then wack its brains against a table edge, to then feed it to your tarantula...yes its a tarantula forum but, dont you concider the actual ordeal you put the mouse through? at least in my personal opinion, it sounds pretty uneccessarily barbaric to do it that way,lol... just me though
nice pics tho

 

[Midnightrdr456]

I will admit its thrilling to watch a spider take on a live mouse, its very unique and not often seen, just like i loved to watch my snakes do it too. And Im sure that when I have a huge blondi Ill give it a live mouse once, but Ill make sure its small.

Also heres an Idea, we can put T's in the freezer to slow them down, would this work with mice (i know they are cold blooded and mice arent, but if you put one in the freezer for liek 10-15 mins it should make it slow just from being so cold)

 

[edesign]

you live where it gets cold...you tell me what happens when you sit in the cold with no coat on. A mouse is warmblooded like you...i'm sure they get numb and lethargic, but I also know it is not all that comforable either (I grew up in Alaska...I know ALL about being cold ). It still amounts to unnecessary torture (if you will)...if you're going to feed it either feed it fully alive or fully dead Mice do have functioning nervous systems like we do, they feel pain and are able to fear so why not make their last moments alive as least comfortable as possible? Is that how nature does it? Hell no, but your plastic tank in your house is not exactly wild nature...do the ethical thing

I am not against feeding whatever you want to your pets/specimens...I am against unnecessary cruelty though. If you're curious why then go to a local zoo that has bears or lions, let the zookeepers whack you over the head just hard enough to stun you, and throw you in the pen with the predators Personally, I'd rather be dead before I hit the floor rather than stunned and be unable to move...that's just me

 

[Midnightrdr456]

i do use prekilled/thawed when i feed verts (which is rare to any T mostly stick to crickets, rather do many crickets, plus less stench and cleanup). The freezer thing was just an idea to see the response but you make a good point, and it wouldnt be something I would try.

 

[TBlondi]

Ok the mice here in kelowna are sold as feeder mice so whether my Tarantula eats it or whatever else eats it, it is still gonna die. And that is why they sell them in the petstores is for food (Sometimes they are bought to be Pets) In the wild it is totally natural for a tarantula to kill and eat a mouse. So I dont really see what the big deal is how it dies. I agree that it is kinda cruel in a way to knock a mouse over the head but either way it will still die. And I would rather my Tarantula live then some $2 mouse. Whether its gonna die by getting strangled by a snake or killed by a Tarantula it is all the same!!! That is just my opinion. Also when I knocked the mouse out it could harldy walk it looked like it was drunk, so there was no chance at all for my goliath to get bit. Thank you everyone for the compliments


I also have a video of the mouse getting killed. And in the video it will show you the mouse did not have any chance to live or even bite my goliath. So if you wanna see it write me at aaronandersen13@hotmail.com

 

[becca81]

In the wild it is totally natural for a tarantula to kill and eat a mouse.

I'm not sure what "in the wild" has to do with anything, since living in a tank in your living room has nothing to do with "in the wild."

I agree that it is kinda cruel in a way to knock a mouse over the head but either way it will still die. And I would rather my Tarantula live then some $2 mouse. Whether its gonna die by getting strangled by a snake or killed by a Tarantula it is all the same!!!

It's not that the mouse is being used as food, it's the way you're going about it that is causing certain posts. A mouse can feel pain just like we (humans) can. If you're going to feed it to the spider, why not completely kill it quickly and humanely so that it doesn't suffer?

And in the video it will show you the mouse did not have any chance to live or even bite my goliath.

This time...

 

[jbrd]

2$ mouse? :? wow there really rippin you off there

Its nice to see the great live versus dead mouse thread rear up and raise its ugly head again

 

[eman]

I'm not sure what "in the wild" has to do with anything, since living in a tank in your living room has nothing to do with "in the wild."

Moreover, I would very much like to know which species of mouse/rat (or anything resembling them) occurs natively in the jungles of Venezuela, Guyana or Suriname? :? Let alone be proven to be part of blondi diets...

 

[edesign]

Ok the mice here in kelowna are sold as feeder mice so whether my Tarantula eats it or whatever else eats it, it is still gonna die. And that is why they sell them in the petstores is for food (Sometimes they are bought to be Pets) In the wild it is totally natural for a tarantula to kill and eat a mouse. So I dont really see what the big deal is how it dies. I agree that it is kinda cruel in a way to knock a mouse over the head but either way it will still die. And I would rather my Tarantula live then some $2 mouse. Whether its gonna die by getting strangled by a snake or killed by a Tarantula it is all the same!!! That is just my opinion. Also when I knocked the mouse out it could harldy walk it looked like it was drunk, so there was no chance at all for my goliath to get bit. Thank you everyone for the compliments


I also have a video of the mouse getting killed. And in the video it will show you the mouse did not have any chance to live or even bite my goliath. So if you wanna see it write me at aaronandersen13@hotmail.com

i get the impression that you did not read my post...:wall:

stop being a hypocrite...if you want to use the "it is nature" excuse then don't stun it, drop it in live. Otherwise realize that the tank you keep it in in YOUR house is NOT nature...there is a difference