Need some suggestions on feeding my new lp sling

[Cuban86]

I just picked up a 1/4 in Lasiodora Parahybana ( SalmonPinkBirdEater) sling from a reptile show this past weekend n bought 50 1/4 size crickets for it but i still feel like the crickets are to big can someone help me out n give some ideas on what would be the best thing for it n how many times a week should i feed it ??

 

[Lawrence b]

The size prey should be the size Opisthosoma as general rule and feed maybe 2 or 3 times a week.

 

[Enn49]

You can always prekill the cricket if your little one won't take them live.

 

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I just picked up a 1/4 in Lasiodora Parahybana ( SalmonPinkBirdEater) sling from a reptile show this past weekend n bought 50 1/4 size crickets for it but i still feel like the crickets are to big can someone help me out n give some ideas on what would be the best thing for it n how many times a week should i feed it ??

Rip a small cricket or, even better, a roac, and drop it in. It'll eat the goop. You'll see its abdomen swell by the next day.

 

[kormath]

Kill it first like @Enn49 said. then drop it in the enclosure. The death spasms should attract the T to come feed. They're great scavengers.

If you can get roaches there go with the H. lateralis - aka Red Runners aka Turkistan - you can get pinheads small enough for that size T to eat from jaimestarantulas.com I've never had any luck getting the size she has from any other vendor. They all claim pinheads but they're not, they're a couple molts passed pinhead size.

Another roach option is the Little Kenyan roaches. the nymphs start at about the size of a fruit fly (2mm or so) and full size adults are almost 1/2".