Avicularia avicularia sling refusing food

[Dusty1]

Thanks Atachnoclown, the advice is much appreciated.

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[Steve Ts]

I got a 1cm Avicularia avicularia sling last Tuesday but I can’t get it to eat, I know it’s only been 5 days but I’m a little worried as it is so small and it’s abdomen looks small compared to its carapace, I’ve tried pre killed tiny crickets and flightless fruit flies so far.
Does this sound normal?
Anyone have any other ideas in terms of food for it?
Cheers

I have a 1" Avicularia m6 and it took a tiny cricket out of my tweezers and chowed down. Now it's two weeks later and she will not take food. Left some cricket pieces on the foliage she often climbs on. Can't get her to eat now.

 

[octanejunkie]

The beauty is they will eat when they are hungry and they won't when they are not

Many spiders opt to eat at night when it's more quiet and private, so try to feed in the late afternoon and don't check the enclosure till morning. resist the urge

It's easy to obsess and stress out the spider, resist the urge and trust the spider's instinct

 

[Josh]

It's easy to obsess and stress out the spider, resist the urge and trust the spider's instinct

this

 

[troublemakerwithspiders]

I was just going to post about my A.avicularia I've had 10 months it barely grows usually eats every 2 weeks just my 2 cents

 

[D22009]

I got a 1cm Avicularia avicularia sling last Tuesday but I can’t get it to eat, I know it’s only been 5 days but I’m a little worried as it is so small and it’s abdomen looks small compared to its carapace, I’ve tried pre killed tiny crickets and flightless fruit flies so far.
Does this sound normal?
Anyone have any other ideas in terms of food for it?
Cheers

I learned there like kids they'll eat when there hungry

 

[octanejunkie]

Keep in mind, smaller slings molt more frequently and may even eat the day before they molt

For fun, document your feeding schedule along with notes of what you fed and when and how "active" the sling was to feed, like immediately or over night.

Their response to food may reveal itself to be related to their molt schedule

 

[Not my B.Vagans]

I found what works best for me is to cut the very small meal worms in half and just toss the jucier half in woth the sling, it will scavenge. Discard after 24 hours. Good luck

 

[Konstantin]

Hi
Since I rehoused my Avic sling in bigger enclosure is not comming down to hunt.If the micro cricket goes up it snatches it straight away but if not I find in the morning and kill it and put it on the web where gets snatched in minutes.
Regards Konstantin