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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kormath" data-source="post: 64353" data-attributes="member: 4199">My son and i were discussing this last night, how each of our T's has different feeding habits, and i thought it would be fun to see how they compare with everyone else's <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />The GBB is like a snake.  You drop a roach into his web and he strikes the second it hits.  Sometimes though he'll just teleport (or so it seems) to that spot in the web and wait for it to move again, then strikes and impales the roach with his fangs.The B. boehmei is a brawler, and a drama queen, exagerating everything.  When a roach gets near him he hits it like a linebacker, i've watched him charge the roach and catch it, with his legs flailing around as he positions it to sink his fangs in.  Quite funny.  My son said he'd flipped over, like he tackled the roach and rolled, when he fed him 2 weeks ago or so.  I'm just glad he's gotten a stomach for roaches finally <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />The B. vagans is an ambush predator.  He'll wait by the opening of his tunnel for hte roach to pass and ambushes it, then drags it down in his tunnel to the den he's created below.The B. albos were lazy, they'd wait for the roaches to come to them, then hit them with a ferocity similar to the boehmei.  G. rosea hasn't eaten yet, so no idea what she will do. Going to try a cut up meal worm tonight to see if she'll take that.The A. genic hasn't been out in the open yet to watch eat.  But what i have seen is similar to the boehmei, lots of scrambling legs in the opening of his hide.A. Versicolor hasn't eaten yet, so it will be interesting to see it's habits.My LP hasn't eaten yet either,  i'll try a piece of meal worm tonight and see what it does.So how do yours behave when feeding?</blockquote>

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