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<blockquote data-quote="VanessaS" data-source="post: 76950" data-attributes="member: 4948"><p>Tarantulas can go a fair amount of time without food. Some species will fast for months on end with no ill effect. Although your species isn't really known to pull that stunt - there are times when they will not eat. Often that will be because they are preparing to moult, but sometimes they just aren't interested in eating. They will often refuse food when they have been recently rehoused as well and are still settling in.</p><p>Because your little vagans is a sub adult male, it might be best to follow a feeding pattern that slows down his growth instead of accelerating it. I would offer food once a week and remove it if he doesn't take it. As long has his abdomen looks healthy and round, and he has access to water at all times, he will do fine. You don't want to speed up his moulting because he is going to live less time than a female would. Once he becomes mature, he only has a short time left.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VanessaS, post: 76950, member: 4948"] Tarantulas can go a fair amount of time without food. Some species will fast for months on end with no ill effect. Although your species isn't really known to pull that stunt - there are times when they will not eat. Often that will be because they are preparing to moult, but sometimes they just aren't interested in eating. They will often refuse food when they have been recently rehoused as well and are still settling in. Because your little vagans is a sub adult male, it might be best to follow a feeding pattern that slows down his growth instead of accelerating it. I would offer food once a week and remove it if he doesn't take it. As long has his abdomen looks healthy and round, and he has access to water at all times, he will do fine. You don't want to speed up his moulting because he is going to live less time than a female would. Once he becomes mature, he only has a short time left. [/QUOTE]
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