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Feeding tarantula lizard
- Thread starter Ajesus92
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Hi. How big is the spider, what kind is it, and what kind of lizard did it eat? A full grown house gecko is a big meal for most tarantulas.
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Dang....I've got 10" Goliaths and I don't even feed them lizards. Just wait till it defecates....
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That's a good sized meal. 3 weeks. What's a wolly spider?
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Hahaha.... wooly
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Lol. Oh ok.
Lol yes wooly also known as Brachypelma Albopilosum. Well I just change her tank enclosure a day ago, well her bedding and today I notice that when I tried to change her water bowl she tried to catch my hand. I threw a lizard and once again she’s eating. Is this bad? I know the store I bought her from rarely fed her.
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If you feed her too much too fast you'll have long periods of fasting.
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Also...the calcium intake has been talked about giving Tarantulas complications leading to death during molting. Tarantulas don't have need for calcium. These places that raise lizards feed them calcium supplements because their feeders. Yes in the wild Tarantulas occasionally eat lizards because their optimistic hunters. Do you see where im going with this... Just because my Goliath birdeater can eat rats doesnt mean I should feed him rats.
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An occasional lizard is cool though...
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I'm big on the occasional earthworm myself. Vertebrates with teeth and claws pose to much of a risk in my opinion.
Watching my Lasiodora slowly eat a worm twice as long as herself without leaving a trace is funny.
Watching my Lasiodora slowly eat a worm twice as long as herself without leaving a trace is funny.
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I've been meaning to try earthworms as a snack. Rick West says Theraphosa eat them in the wild. Among other things, of course.
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I feed my L klugi one earthworm a month and one as the first post molt feeding. I figure if I'm wrong and the fangs aren't 100%, the risks of damage is much lower. The other thing is that they are so skinny and getting them something to just bulk them up seems to be a good thing.
I'm going to see if my Pamphometeous sp machala, probably a suspect female odds 60/40, also likes worms. She's a lot smaller then my L klugi, but the behavior is so identical even to where they hang out in the cage it's worth a try. One thing for sure, she's super slim like thinspo as of now!! She'll probably be ready to eat on Wednesday.
I'm going to see if my Pamphometeous sp machala, probably a suspect female odds 60/40, also likes worms. She's a lot smaller then my L klugi, but the behavior is so identical even to where they hang out in the cage it's worth a try. One thing for sure, she's super slim like thinspo as of now!! She'll probably be ready to eat on Wednesday.
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