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<blockquote data-quote="Zanaspus" data-source="post: 203028" data-attributes="member: 37845"><p>Well Tony, despite my limited knowledge, I'll take a swing at this.</p><p></p><p>The biggest problem I see with this approach is that unlike other common T foods, earthworms have no chitin. In the aquarist's world, this is not an issue, since the main role of chitin in fish health is that it acts like a laxative (a good thing). Generally, we are feeding these to larger fish which virtually never get constipation (which can be quite deadly).</p><p></p><p>So the real question becomes, "Is chitin crucial to tarantula health." Since they need to build new exoskeletons, I suspect it is, but I'm not experienced enough to confirm this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zanaspus, post: 203028, member: 37845"] Well Tony, despite my limited knowledge, I'll take a swing at this. The biggest problem I see with this approach is that unlike other common T foods, earthworms have no chitin. In the aquarist's world, this is not an issue, since the main role of chitin in fish health is that it acts like a laxative (a good thing). Generally, we are feeding these to larger fish which virtually never get constipation (which can be quite deadly). So the real question becomes, "Is chitin crucial to tarantula health." Since they need to build new exoskeletons, I suspect it is, but I'm not experienced enough to confirm this. [/QUOTE]
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