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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chubbs" data-source="post: 73693" data-attributes="member: 1084"><p>Prekilled is usually a good idea for tarantulas that you suspect may be in premolt but are not 100 percent positive or for slings that either get frightened by live prey or you have nothing but larger crickets to feed them atm. I will crush the heads of any prey items for my more defensive and/or potent species if I suspect them to be in premolt, mainly because chasing a cricket around in the terrarium of on of these is just asking to be bitten.</p></blockquote><p></p>