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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cor" data-source="post: 213270" data-attributes="member: 38203">I have a fair sized Aphonopelma seemani that I've had since January.  It has never been a consistent eater for me.  At first I was feeding it wax worms and super worms, but it just wouldn't really touch them.  Now I stick to crickets and I've had better results.  It's still not a consistent eater, but the crickets seem to bring out a better feeding response than the worms did, and I don't have to worry about trying to dig out burrowed worms.As far as cut up worms, I don't think I've ever had any luck at all with any of my slings eating them.  Maybe I get the wrong sized meal worms, or maybe I'm leaving too much of a mess.  Who knows.  Instead, I switched over to smaller live stuff.  The really small slings have done very well with pinhead crickets, and I've had very good luck with extra small crickets with the larger slings.  The Petsmart by me sells about 35 extra small crickets in a plastic container that I've had very good luck with for slings around half an inch.  About one every second or third day seems to be well received by my smaller slings, and it seems (to me at least) to be less of a hassel and a mess than trying to cut up meal worms and end up having to retrieve the pieces before they mold.As far as damp substrate, I've read so many different things about it.  I've been tending toward the recommendations of people such as Tom Moran who recommend having a water dish and overflowing that, rather than try to dampen the substrate to a set level.  I've had no issues with mold since following that advice, and haven't seemed to have any issues with any of my tarantulas because of it.  If extra humidity is needed, I'm more apt to spray one side of an enclosure or spray down the moss that I have in the enclosure to help regulate humidity a bit.  For smaller slings, I picked up some tattoo ink cups from Amazon.  I got 100 each of 3 different sizes for about $6.  They've been perfect for sling water dishes and they're fairly easy to get close to flush with the soil.  They don't hold much water, but it's a good reminder to check on it fairly frequently and also check on the sling.Sorry to hit you with a wall of text, but hopefully this helps a bit.  Good luck!</blockquote>

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