Can I Feed a Mexican Red Knee Mealworms?

[Person]

I am planning on getting a Mexican red knee as my first tarantula. I am unsure of what to feed it, I was wondering if mealworms would be an ok food?

 

[Arachnoclown]

Sure but not that nourishing over a long period of time. They're kinda like a candy bar. Gut loaded roaches and crickets should be on the menu as well.

 

[octanejunkie]

Variety is the spice of life!

 

[m0lsx]

I am planning on getting a Mexican red knee as my first tarantula. I am unsure of what to feed it, I was wondering if mealworms would be an ok food?

How old / big is it going to be? I feed all of my small slings beheaded mealworms. The reason we take the head off, is that it stops the mealworm from burrowing & then potentially reappearing later as a beetle, which could do serious harm to a T.

The advantages of beheading include. It gives the sling easy access to the soft inner of the mealworm. The mealworm remains able to move for well over 24 hours, so it is a good start towards live food & it is how they would naturally find some food in the wild.

I give all of my larger slings live food.

 

[m0lsx]

Variety is the spice of life!

William Cowper wrote that in one of his poems called The Task, which in part condemns Slavery.

 

[octanejunkie]

William Cowper wrote that in one of his poems called The Task, which in part condemns Slavery.

Ironic considering we keep wild animals confined in boxes in it homes, far from their native lands