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Feeding Avicularia Avicularia is there a trick to it.....

ryanm7277

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I have 2 Avic. Avic. and one took a super worm the other was like hmmm what you got there and then was like nope not interested get it away from. Sadly I dorpped it in the enclosure and it burrowed so now I have to rehouse/clean out the substrate. Is there a trick to feeding avics? Shadow doesn't seem to want to eat at all and blacky took the worm the first time but isn't interested anymore. I am waiting for crickets to come so hoping that maybe if I throw a cricket in there will she eat it?
 

m0lsx

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The trick is finding what they like. I largely use deheaded mealworms for my slings. I use whole mealworms, as they are easier to find & remove. And I dehead them so they do not bury themselves & because it gives the slings easy access to the soft, moist inside.

For juvi's & adults I normally use size appropriate crickets. I generally leave them in for 24 hours, but have a couple of T's where they need 48 hours.

T's eat when they are ready to eat & can go many weeks & months without eating. They also normally stop eating when they are pre molt. Also, different T's have different feeding responses. I have a couple who will immediately attack a cricket, but then back off. Some T's will rarely eat it until it's dark & quiet. Some will eat Hoppers, (Locusts.) Some will not eat certain foods ever. Others will readily devour anything offered.
 
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