N. chromatus sling help

[stanlooms]

Hi all, i just got a N. Chromatus sling yesterday, my first time raising a sling. just wondering wt do u guys feed ur slings, the guy sold it to me said he gave him baby crackets. Is fruit fly a nice alternative? N how often do u feed ur sling?

 

[Poec54]

I use baby crickets for my slings. The smaller the spider, the smaller the crickets. Some people use fruit flies, but they usually end up complaining about them.

 

[stanlooms]

ic….i managed to get some baby roaches for him today, i hv left 2 in his enclosure, but he is yet to accept his first meal...
how often do u feed? every other day? twice a week?

 

[stanlooms]

I use baby crickets for my slings. The smaller the spider, the smaller the crickets. Some people use fruit flies, but they usually end up complaining about them.

ic….i managed to get some baby roaches for him today, i hv left 2 in his enclosure, but he is yet to accept his first meal...
how often do u feed? every other day? twice a week?

 

[Therasoid]

Hi all, i just got a N. Chromatus sling yesterday, my first time raising a sling. just wondering wt do u guys feed ur slings, the guy sold it to me said he gave him baby crackets. Is fruit fly a nice alternative? N how often do u feed ur sling?

Most of mine feed on pinhead crickets and the others eat B. laterlis nymphs. I feed twice per week.
Yours has a plump rump so it may not be hungry. Also in the pic, it looks to be in pre- molt, not unusual to fasting if it is.
Personally, I feed one prey item at a time, don't need to stress the sling with too much food running in the enclosure. [emoji6]
One more thing, if its in a new enclosure, it needs some time to feel at home. I wait 3-4 days after rehousing before I offer prey. Here is a pic of one of my C. Marschalli slings I rehoused today. I'll offer them prey middle of this week.

Hi all, i just got a N. Chromatus sling yesterday, my first time raising a sling. just wondering wt do u guys feed ur slings, the guy sold it to me said he gave him baby crackets. Is fruit fly a nice alternative? N how often do u feed ur sling?

 

[stanlooms]

thank you so much!! i think i will just leave him till after his molt then.

 

[swimbait]

It looks pretty wet in that enclosure, you don't want it to be to moist

 

[Poec54]

It looks pretty wet in that enclosure, you don't want it to be to moist

It's hard to tell for sure, but it does look pretty soggy.

 

[stanlooms]

oh…really…i would keep an eye on the humidity then, thx !!

 

[Poec54]

They like moist substrate (as do most tropical species), but more like slightly moist rather than waterlogged.

 

[stanlooms]

They like moist substrate (as do most tropical species), but more like slightly moist rather than waterlogged.

then i would like to ask, how deep should the substrate be? currently is around 1 cm, should i put more soil?

 

[spidey noob]

i have 4 of these slings & they love to dig, so i would have at least 1" of substrate.

 

[stanlooms]

i have 4 of these slings & they love to dig, so i would have at least 1" of substrate.

ya…i am aware of this pretty shortly afterward…he has now digged a burrow, n rarely show himself, sometimes he is at the entrance of his burrow n when he sense that I'm in the room, he will hurry back underground…haha