2 Questions!

[Petter]

I'm a fairly new T owner, and I can't find any answers to these questions online.
Is there any way of telling what humidity % i'm keeping my tarantula in? Without spending money on some humidity measurement tool.
Second question is regarding spiderlings, what do I feed them? Whenever I go to my local pet store I ask for 'the smallest cricket you have' for my juvenile, and I always get a medium sized cricket.. I believe these are way too big for a spiderling, and my local pet store only store crickets as food item for spiders. I really want to experience the spiderling grow into an adult, but I don't want to purchase a spiderling if it's gonna deny it's food and die from starvation :\

Sorry for my bad english, hope you have the answers i'm seeking!!

 

[Enn49]

I feed my slings on pinhead or micro crickets but flightless fruit flies are just as good. If you can't get them from your pet store you should be able to buy them online.

 

[Petter]

I feed my slings on pinhead or micro crickets but flightless fruit flies are just as good. If you can't get them from your pet store you should be able to buy them online.

Thanks for reply! What do you mean you feed them on pinhead though?

 

[Enn49]

@Petter Pinhead is just the name for the tiny crickets 1-3mm often called micro crickets. In the UK they are known as pinheads but the US call them micros.

 

[spidey noob]

only way to tell what the hummidty is correctly is a hummidty device !!! but u can have an eductated guess witch is what most do

 

[Fleas]

I heard most humidity gages don't work properly there just there for the store to make money even the most expensive one's that the weather man use are not totally accurate. If you're crickets are to big you can cut them up in small pieces and feed multiple slings.

 

[spidey noob]

@Fleas
the little round plastic gages arnt accurate at all but the high end digital ones are quite good, to within 0.01 of the acutal hummidty. (but u get what u pay for)

 

[Petter]

I heard most humidity gages don't work properly there just there for the store to make money even the most expensive one's that the weather man use are not totally accurate. If you're crickets are to big you can cut them up in small pieces and feed multiple slings.

Thank you! I thought the spider(s) won't eat if it's not alive though, is this a myth?

 

[tarantulaguy1994]

Spiderling are naturally scavengers so they will take pre killed prey items.

 

[Enn49]

Yes, they will eat prekilled.

 

[Petter]

Spiderling are naturally scavengers so they will take pre killed prey items.

Yes, they will eat prekilled.

Thanks so much guys! I am much more comfortable getting a spiderling now The spiderling I want is a Green bottle blue (GBB) as they are extremely impressive as spiderlings and adults I will make sure to post progress pics

 

[tarantulaguy1994]

I will be waiting for the photos.