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<blockquote data-quote="CrypticSpider" data-source="post: 116164" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>[USER=4086]@MassExodus[/USER] - I am sorry to read that your male passed. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>Your female, in your own words, looks fat and healthy. I doubt she is refusing food due to a lost fang. I have seen reports of both fangs lost, and the owners simply fed their Ts soft-bodied (waxworms, etc) prey until the spider molted. </p><p></p><p>Ts can go a LONG time without food.. it's water they need most, to thrive. Your girl would be fine until she molts again. Be aware, tho, that if she drops a sac before she molts, and she is too hungry, she *may* munch her sac.</p><p></p><p>If worse comes to worse and she gets thin enough to really worry you....</p><p></p><p>take a soft-bodied prey into tongs and aggravate her just enough to get her to bite it. She will instinctively start to feed once she bites it. I don't like doing this, but I have, to get a starving T to take food. (it worked well, too.... not a prob after that.)</p><p></p><p>Their chelicerae are strong enough to mash up food, and long as it's not too hard a prey.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with her!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrypticSpider, post: 116164, member: 17"] [USER=4086]@MassExodus[/USER] - I am sorry to read that your male passed. :( Your female, in your own words, looks fat and healthy. I doubt she is refusing food due to a lost fang. I have seen reports of both fangs lost, and the owners simply fed their Ts soft-bodied (waxworms, etc) prey until the spider molted. Ts can go a LONG time without food.. it's water they need most, to thrive. Your girl would be fine until she molts again. Be aware, tho, that if she drops a sac before she molts, and she is too hungry, she *may* munch her sac. If worse comes to worse and she gets thin enough to really worry you.... take a soft-bodied prey into tongs and aggravate her just enough to get her to bite it. She will instinctively start to feed once she bites it. I don't like doing this, but I have, to get a starving T to take food. (it worked well, too.... not a prob after that.) Their chelicerae are strong enough to mash up food, and long as it's not too hard a prey. Good luck with her!:) [/QUOTE]
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