Uhh, tarantula and snake cohabitation?!

[spiderengineer]

I think there may be a little species sensitivity as well, and size doesn't always mean the venom will make short work of the prey. For instance T. blondi venom has a very strong impact on rodents. While as small as some roaches are, being fed to the same T. blondi, they're still kicking 30 minutes later.

absolutely true and their are many different types of venom that attack the subject differently

---------- Post added 03-07-2013 at 07:39 PM ----------

their is neurotoxin and hemotoxin

 

[cmack91]

The snake won't eat it because it has no eye lids

Your right that the snake doesnt have eyelids. But what they do have is a thick cap covering the eye made of keratin. The hairs wouldnt do anything to hurt the snakes eyes.

I am assuming the only way it works is that the snake doesn't realize the T is there due to the fact that it senses no heat from therefore not trigger a feeding response

Not true. Corn snakes have no heat receptors. They hunt primarily by chemoreception through the tongue and jacobsons organ while using eyesight as a strong but secondary aid. So the fact that tarantulas produce no body heat has nothing to do with it. The reason they react stronger to warm rodents is because heat dispels scent particles at a higher volume than cold, causing a stronger smell. Corn snakes will gladly eat cold dead mice both in captivity and the wild. If you leave a cold rodent in with the snake it will eventually trigger a scavenging type of feeding response where the snake will either go up and start eating or will sometimes trigger a strike and constrict feeding response.

 

[fttwinmomma]

So then I go back to they both must be well fed and the cage spacious enough. Although I would worry about the T molting as well. And I think depends on the two personalities as well. .

 

[freedumbdclxvi]

Yep, my corn is fed on f/t mice almost exclusively, and they can be at room temperature. And it always triggers a strike/constrict response.

 

[Leeway337]

The snake is too big to be eaten and probably wouldn't be damaged by the weak venom.
There are so many unintelligent people in this world, though. Nothing surprises me anymore...

I watched a Rose Hair Tarantula Kill and eat a Gopher Snake that was way bigger than it. Weak venom or not it will kill and eat a snake way bigger than itself. This is a fact I watched it happen. The snake was dead very shortly after being bitten and was at least half eaten. Be surprised.

---------- Post added 03-07-2013 at 09:56 PM ----------

Did a search for snake eats Tarantula and instead of finding snakes eat a tarantula you find all kinds of spiders not just tarantulas eating snakes. Looks like snakes are regularly eaten by spiders but snakes don't seem to eat spiders.