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C. Versicolor sling feeding
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<blockquote data-quote="Tarantulex" data-source="post: 180931" data-attributes="member: 33509"><p>Hi everyone about a month ago I got a c versicolor sling. It is probably 1/4-1/2 an inch. My issue is it won't eat anything besides flightless fruit flies which I've come to learn have very poor nutritional value. I've tried dubia legs, dubia nymphs, pieces of mealworm, a small live mealworm with its head crushed. I don't have access to crickets/pinheads due to covid shortage near me. I try to offer it food about every week- sometimes twice a week when I first received it but it has only eaten fruit flies in my care twice- it ate about two at a time. Whenever I offer it food besides fruit flies it literally walks over the food and ignores it so I will remove it the following day- but with the fruit flies my T will eat immediately when it touches it with his little feet.</p><p>I want to provide the best care for this little guy- his butt seems so small! I'll try to upload a photo later. This is my first arboreal T- let alone arboreal sling. Should I continue to feed it the only thing it will eat? Should I maybe wait longer between feedings? Any other tips?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tarantulex, post: 180931, member: 33509"] Hi everyone about a month ago I got a c versicolor sling. It is probably 1/4-1/2 an inch. My issue is it won't eat anything besides flightless fruit flies which I've come to learn have very poor nutritional value. I've tried dubia legs, dubia nymphs, pieces of mealworm, a small live mealworm with its head crushed. I don't have access to crickets/pinheads due to covid shortage near me. I try to offer it food about every week- sometimes twice a week when I first received it but it has only eaten fruit flies in my care twice- it ate about two at a time. Whenever I offer it food besides fruit flies it literally walks over the food and ignores it so I will remove it the following day- but with the fruit flies my T will eat immediately when it touches it with his little feet. I want to provide the best care for this little guy- his butt seems so small! I'll try to upload a photo later. This is my first arboreal T- let alone arboreal sling. Should I continue to feed it the only thing it will eat? Should I maybe wait longer between feedings? Any other tips? [/QUOTE]
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