Arboreal feeding question

[Arachnerd]

Hey guys I was wondering if anyone has trouble with feeding there arboreal T's and knows what to do to get them to eat a little easier. Do they descend from the top to come look for food on the bottom? Just curious onto there behavior and how they hunt for food. I have a orange mouth, a pink toe and a suntiger.

 

[spiderengineer]

you can tong feed them or place the prey close to them and they should grab it as long as that are not in pre-molt, but they are fully capable of hunting for their food. so you can just place it in the tank and they will catch it when they want to.

 

[Arachnerd]

Thanks for the input I appreciate it!

 

[TJB13]

I have only had my pinktoe for a couple weeks. I would put a cricket in close by and she wouldn't go for it, I did this a few times because I like to watch the kill. Anyways I gave up and just left the cricket in there. I didn't see the cricket in the morning so all went well. I rarely see my pinktoe, she snuggles into a tiny nook of a fake branch. Almost seems like she wouldn't fit. But she loves it and I get to see 4 pinktoes...that's it haha.

 

[TJB13]

I have only had my pinktoe for a couple weeks. I would put a cricket in close by and she wouldn't go for it, I did this a few times because I like to watch the kill. Anyways I gave up and just left the cricket in there. I didn't see the cricket in the morning so all went well. I rarely see my pinktoe, she snuggles into a tiny nook of a fake branch. Almost seems like she wouldn't fit. But she loves it and I get to see 4 pinktoes...that's it haha.

 

[Kurt Nelson]

I just throw a cricket in, the cricket wanders around and next thing I know I leave for a while come back and I can't find a cricket. I would really advise against tong feeding, just throw the cricket in, if your T is hungry it will eat, if not it will not eat. Take the prey out after 24 hours and try again in a few days.

If it's hungry it will go where the food is.

 

[entomology]

just place the feeders inside the enclosure and the spider will find it no problem. Their mechanics were designed to find their prey very easy so whether you use a forceps to feed or just release inside the choice is yours but be careful arboreal s move very quickly when u feed by forceps.

 

[Bast]

Our Avic goes and sits at the bottom of her 'tree trunk' and hunts. That's how I always know when she's ready for some grub lol

 

[Kurt Nelson]

Our Avic goes and sits at the bottom of her 'tree trunk' and hunts. That's how I always know when she's ready for some grub lol

That's awesome! Let me know when it matures female so I can breed it with my MM.