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Message: <blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 234455" data-attributes="member: 29323">I feed weekly & normally only give one cricket at a time. I use 4 different sizes of cricket & tend to use size based upon not just body size, but feeding response too. I have several where I give much smaller crickets too, as they tend to get a better feeding response, than a larger cricket. For body size, I think of the abdomen & feed around half to three quarters of that. I try not to feed multiple crickets, unless available size forces this onto me. As I feel there is more chance of stressing the T, with multiples, than with a single. Plus with a single cricket, I know exactly how many should be in there. I have a couple of 9 inch T's & those get two big juicy extra large crickets & sometimes three.Brown crickets can be much more lively & these can be quietened down by a few minutes in the fridge. Personally, I do not keep mealworms in the fridge & find they keep for up to a month without. Always behead mealworms & behead, or crush the head of roaches, as both will burrow. Plus,  roaches can survive a few days minus it's head & a mealworm will continue to move, slightly, for well over 24 hours. So they still give a live feeding experience. With slings, beheading a whole mealworm makes the soft inner easy access too. Plus it makes them easy to find & remove. Unless your tiny sling buries something twice or three times it's own size & some will & do. Tarantulas are ambush predators, so probably do not feed most weeks in the wild. So try not to overthink this. If your T is feeding well, don't over feed  it. Keep that good feeding response & don't let it get fat. Just drop a reasonable sized cricket in each week. My Aphonopelma chalcodes & johnnicashi are all terrible eaters, so enjoy what you have.</blockquote>

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