Hi I have a cobalt blue tarantula,I have had her for about 6 weeks I got her from a pet store her leg was injured when I got her .I can't get her to eat I've given her different foods and nothing she not in pre molt and suggested would help she looking so thin.
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Cant get my Cobalt Blue Tarantula to eat
- Thread starter Chickpea
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First, welcome to the forum.
Second. Are you leaving the food with your T for 24 hours? And are you trying different sizes of food?
I have a couple of Brachypelmas that will only eat smaller crickets. Put anything too large in there, or more than one & they just leave it. I also have a couple of T's that tend not to eat unless food is left for a couple of nights & many who leave eating until after dark when the lights go out & there is no movement in the room.
But in general a few weeks, even a few months without food is nothing to worry about.
Second. Are you leaving the food with your T for 24 hours? And are you trying different sizes of food?
I have a couple of Brachypelmas that will only eat smaller crickets. Put anything too large in there, or more than one & they just leave it. I also have a couple of T's that tend not to eat unless food is left for a couple of nights & many who leave eating until after dark when the lights go out & there is no movement in the room.
But in general a few weeks, even a few months without food is nothing to worry about.
Make sure there is enough substrate for a proper burrow. The injury may hinder the Ts ability to dig one, You may want to make one for it if, this is the Case. A good hide can reduce the stress caused by injury. A Cobalt Blue is a fossorial T and will be stressed if it is out in the open. You may already know that but, just in Case.
