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Avicularia Avicularia/caribena Versicolor how do you feed them?
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<blockquote data-quote="Muawiyah" data-source="post: 218694" data-attributes="member: 38643"><p>I’ve found with arboreal tarantulas that the food they accept most readily are flies and moths. I initially started with calci Worms and wax worms that had pupated into fly/moth and my arboreal loved them. It makes sense since they live in the trees, the insects they’ll come across most often will probably be flies/moths. </p><p>I started using captive bred houseflies, greenbottles and bluebottles with great success. Plus they cannot harm the T if left in the enclosure alive.</p><p>The only issue with flies is that their lifespan is short and breeding them is a pain so I’ve stopped using them. </p><p>Now I’ll prekill/disable a cricket or roach and leave it on its back in the T’s webbing. If it’s hungry it will find it and normally at night when they’re most active. If not take it out and wait a while.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Muawiyah, post: 218694, member: 38643"] I’ve found with arboreal tarantulas that the food they accept most readily are flies and moths. I initially started with calci Worms and wax worms that had pupated into fly/moth and my arboreal loved them. It makes sense since they live in the trees, the insects they’ll come across most often will probably be flies/moths. I started using captive bred houseflies, greenbottles and bluebottles with great success. Plus they cannot harm the T if left in the enclosure alive. The only issue with flies is that their lifespan is short and breeding them is a pain so I’ve stopped using them. Now I’ll prekill/disable a cricket or roach and leave it on its back in the T’s webbing. If it’s hungry it will find it and normally at night when they’re most active. If not take it out and wait a while. [/QUOTE]
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