Going out of town with sling possibly in premolt

[smallbike]

Hello,
I’ve got my C. versicolor looking fat and shiny, but I’m going out of town for almost 2 weeks starting this coming Wednesday. I’m worried if she molts next week, I either won’t be able to feed her before I leave while she hardens up, or it’ll happen right after I leave and I don’t want my pet sitter to have to deal with one-week crickets since they’re kind of impossible to wrangle.
Can a sling go 2 weeks without a meal post-molt? She seems to have plenty reserves right now but this is my first sling and I want to be safe.
This is what she looks like today - first time I caught her in the dish!

 

[Frogdaddy]

My C. versicolor stops eating while in pre molt. Just make sure there is fresh water available at all times. Even after a molt slings can go weeks without food.

 

[smallbike]

My C. versicolor stops eating while in pre molt. Just make sure there is fresh water available at all times. Even after a molt slings can go weeks without food.

Good to know! I was worried that they’d need to eat ASAP (once fangs are ready) since their growth rate is so fast when they’re little. She refused her last meal, but I assumed it was because she ate an impressive cricket a week earlier.

 

[octanejunkie]

Spiders have molted for hundreds of thousands of years before we started keeping them in boxes in our homes.
Enjoy your vacation

 

[Arachnoclown]

Slings can go a long time without food. I have gone a month before and all was well. Double up on the water dishes before you leave.

 

[smallbike]

Slings can go a long time without food. I have gone a month before and all was well. Double up on the water dishes before you leave.

Thank you! Good idea on the water dishes too

 

[smallbike]

Spiders have molted for hundreds of thousands of years before we started keeping them in boxes in our homes.
Enjoy your vacation

I was kind of hoping that would be the case! I feed hummingbirds on my patio so their metabolisms get me worried about tiny animals.

 

[octanejunkie]

I was kind of hoping that would be the case! I feed hummingbirds on my patio so their metabolisms get me worried about tiny animals.

Tis better to underfeed tarantulas than overfeed

 

[Oursapoil]

Tis better to underfeed tarantulas than overfeed

Where is the plug?????

 

[Oursapoil]

One of the reasons why we have snakes and Ts as pets, we rarely have to worry about them when leaving for short vacations. Plus I wonder what the robbers would think if they break into my garage to find Ts everywhere and roaches colonies....

 

[smallbike]

Tis better to underfeed tarantulas than overfeed

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