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<blockquote data-quote="Nicolas C" data-source="post: 71092" data-attributes="member: 3795"><p>Some of my personal general guidelines...</p><p></p><p>For my slings: I feed them twice a week, one cricket of small/medium size (depends on the size of the spider: I don't give them a cricket bigger than their body, usually they are the size of the cephalo, maybe a little bit bigger) each time. Whenever they eat, I feed (even if the abdomen looks plump as a tick!).</p><p></p><p>For the subadult - adult, I follow a rule same as Mass said: I feed them once a week, one big cricket (two the following weeks after the molt). If the abdomen looks too big, I slow down. If the T refuses to eat, I wait two weeks before trying again. If they the T still doesn't eat, I assume he/she prepares a molt and I wait (after two months, maybe, I try again if nothing is happening...). Well, almost... The key is to observe the behavior of your T. With time, you'll notice what are his/her needs.</p><p></p><p>For the very big adult ones (L parahybana, T stirmi, A geniculata, P rufilata, etc.), I give them one or two grasshoppers a week, then I follow the same rules as for the aformentioned ones. If the abdomen looks thin, I increase, if it looks plump, I give less. I'm particularly cautious with T stirmi, because they can eat and eat... and then become so fat it can maybe cause some health/molt problems.</p><p></p><p>For some Ts (specially the burrowing ones), it's easy to see when they are hungry: they stand at the entrance of the burrow, ready to hunt. It's a good clue.</p><p></p><p>Most of the times, our T in the hobby are overfed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nicolas C, post: 71092, member: 3795"] Some of my personal general guidelines... For my slings: I feed them twice a week, one cricket of small/medium size (depends on the size of the spider: I don't give them a cricket bigger than their body, usually they are the size of the cephalo, maybe a little bit bigger) each time. Whenever they eat, I feed (even if the abdomen looks plump as a tick!). For the subadult - adult, I follow a rule same as Mass said: I feed them once a week, one big cricket (two the following weeks after the molt). If the abdomen looks too big, I slow down. If the T refuses to eat, I wait two weeks before trying again. If they the T still doesn't eat, I assume he/she prepares a molt and I wait (after two months, maybe, I try again if nothing is happening...). Well, almost... The key is to observe the behavior of your T. With time, you'll notice what are his/her needs. For the very big adult ones (L parahybana, T stirmi, A geniculata, P rufilata, etc.), I give them one or two grasshoppers a week, then I follow the same rules as for the aformentioned ones. If the abdomen looks thin, I increase, if it looks plump, I give less. I'm particularly cautious with T stirmi, because they can eat and eat... and then become so fat it can maybe cause some health/molt problems. For some Ts (specially the burrowing ones), it's easy to see when they are hungry: they stand at the entrance of the burrow, ready to hunt. It's a good clue. Most of the times, our T in the hobby are overfed. [/QUOTE]
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