Chilean rose is not eating

[Leon]

Hello everyone, I just want to quickly say this is my first Tarantula, she is a Chilean Rose who has molted once a little while back, so if I seem like an idiot, that's probably why and I apologize now.

So anyway, my Chilean Rose first ate dubia roaches from the local pet store, anyway they stopped stocking them so I changed to crickets which I personally hate, they die quickly and I always worry with leaving them in the tank just in case the worst happens.

I changed back to dubia roaches but she doesn't eat them at all, I throw one in and nudge it until it runs into the spider, but she only kinda turns to face it and lets it through without eating it. I once left it for 24 hours but it burrowed so I removed it.

Is this normal? I am very concerned, I'm not sure if she just doesn't want to eat them at all or she is in pre-molt, its been a number of weeks now since she last ate.

Thank you

 

[Poec54]

A number of spiders won't eat roaches, that yours won't is no surprise. Crickets will last a while if you keep them warm and dry. Moisture kills them. I keep mine in a plastic storage container with a lot of ventilation, paper towels on the bottom, no substrate, and feed them small pieces of romaine, carrots and potatoes; they get all their water needs from that.

 

[Leon]

A number of spiders won't eat roaches, that yours won't is no surprise. Crickets will last a while if you keep them warm and dry. Moisture kills them. I keep mine in a plastic storage container with a lot of ventilation, paper towels on the bottom, no substrate, and feed them small pieces of romaine, carrots and potatoes; they get all their water needs from that.

Thanks for replying Poec54, I'm going down to the pet store tomorrow to get some crickets and see if she will take them

 

[DVirginiana]

Yeah, I have two spiders that will take roaches, but no one else will. They'll all take crickets though.