Worried about my B. Emilia

[amp4ana]

This is not her latest picture, this was taken last march 10 and until now she doesn't feed.

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I want her to be a fat girl, because my other females are really fat like 200% of the size of their carapace. Like my Favorite fem. A. Chacoana

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[amp4ana]

UPDATE:
She starts feeding again, thanks for the replies comrades ;P

 

[gmrpnk21]

And nobody made a joke about "thong feeding "? I feed mine with tongs, so that might be part of the problem .

 

[amp4ana]

And nobody made a joke about "thong feeding "? I feed mine with tongs, so that might be part of the problem .

Sorry about that, I didn't notice haha ;P

 

[kean]

lol.. she was just full..

 

[Formerphobe]

I want her to be a fat girl, because my other females are really fat like 200% of the size of their carapace.

Really fat = increased risk of injury = shortened lifespan

thong feeding

I had visions of something along the lines of a slingshot...

 

[amp4ana]

UPDATE:
Hey guys, I thought she starts feeding.. I saw her eating but she only ate about 5-10% of the body of the dubia.. She only ate the left side of the dubia..

About the thong feeding, crap can't edit it anymore :wall:
Thong all the way

 

[Krayzie]

My female adult emilia also having eating problem, she's about 3.5 inch.

since the first time i got her, she was bit bulky. A friend told me she was just molted in the beginning of February 2011.

but now she has lost her eating appetite, i have been trying to give her crickets, meal worms and super worms but she doesnt like them all.

2 days ago, i put large of amount of Ant larva into her dish and the next morning i found out that she only had a little of larva.

now her abdomen doesnt that bulky seems that she used to be !

anyone know what's the problem with her ?

 

[Big_nito]

Amp4ana: try switching to crickets or lateralis instead of dubias coz the exoskeleton of dubias are a little thicker than the crix and lats... Eating 5-10% is better than not eating at all... At least it could be a start of good things to come...

 

[amp4ana]

Ok thanks for the advice, I'll try to give her a crushed-head superworm. I'm worried because I will be out for about 45 days and no one will look for my T's and my Emilia is so thin and I worry she might suffer starvation.