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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thistles" data-source="post: 121269" data-attributes="member: 3949">They only need to eat about once a week anyway. There's no better pet if you have to travel! Crickets are all they need, and I prefer them to mealworms personally. Just give a cricket or two weekly and they'll be fine, but one looks a little skinny and might take 3 per week the first month or so. I would release the males and keep the others, if you're looking to keep more than one. They would definitely appreciate being able to burrow, but you might have to start the burrow for them. They usually get a burrow started when they're young and it can be hard for older specimens to settle down. They should relax. This is one of the most docile species. You have a beautiful locality, too. Aphonopelma chalcodes can be blonder, but you got the ones with the dark femurs. Very nice!By the way, I can't really tell how many total you have since some pics repeat and I'm on an iPad and tipsy. Yep. The really skinny ones with the dark legs and the bright carapace are the males. The ones with the lighter legs lower down are either females or males that haven't grown up yet. Release the daddy long legs guys.</blockquote>