Are you a Tarantula hobbyist? If so, we invite you to join our community! Once you join you'll be able to post messages, upload pictures of your pets and enclosures and chat with other Tarantula enthusiasts. Sign up today!

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="MassExodus" data-source="post: 66667" data-attributes="member: 4086"><p>Lateralis are perfect for small to mid size tarantulas in my opinion, but for larger ones they're inefficient, dubia are the way to go. Despite what people say about their spiders not liking dubia, I've found them to be almost the perfect feeder. They come in all sizes, cant climb walls, breed very well and fatten up quite nicely. They're also not very fast, and easy to handle and maintain. I've had a few spiders balk at them...a few weeks later, the hungry spiders only hesitated a second to take them. After that, they took them as quick as the others. Our tarantulas are spoiled, which is alright <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> but stop stuffing prey in their faces for awhile and let them get their appetite back... see how quickly the picky eating is forgotten. And like I said, once you get them eating dubia, they like them. Just my two cents <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>