Vitamins

[Doddis1996]

Hello! I wonder if you could feed crickets regular crushed multivitamins to add more
nutrition to your tarantula? Together with other food to ofcourse.

Thanks!

 

[Therasoid]

Very little, virtually none, research has been documented on the dietary needs of tarantulas.
Gut loading feeders 24 hours prior to being given as food is the norm.
Not worth the chance to hurt, possibly kill, a tarantula due to excessive minerals/vitamin overdose. Just my thoughts.

 

[Doddis1996]

Very little, virtually none, research has been documented on the dietary needs of tarantulas.
Gut loading feeders 24 hours prior to being given as food is the norm.
Not worth the chance to hurt, possibly kill, a tarantula due to excessive minerals/vitamin overdose. Just my thoughts.

Ok thanks

 

[Chubbs]

They're not reptiles so no, they don't need it. As Therasoid pointed out, there has been pretty much no documented research done on this subject.

 

[Entity]

I would suggest a gut loader like from flukers or just some fruits and vegetables to eat for a while before feeding. IMO

 

[N8tive556]

I'd be cautious... One would think a crushed up multi vitamin would cause problems for a T due to high concentration of calcium, wouldn't that dehydrate them? Idk it's just an opinion. I suppose a question in addition lol

 

[Chubbs]

Eh the calcium thing isn't really a concern anymore. I don't believe there's any evidence that it can actually cause molting issues. There haven't really been any tests done to prove or disprove it, but it seems that now the majority of hobbyists seem to be leaning more towards it not being a huge issue.

 

[Entity]

Thats the thing...no one is doing or have done many studies on that kind of thing. I like nobody is working on that stuff but Michigan state I think build a machine to see how many licks it actually took to get to the center of a tootsie pop! What the hell? lol