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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Casey K." data-source="post: 171096" data-attributes="member: 1090"><p>Usually, breeders will power feed sub adult tarantulas to help them reach their maturing molt faster.  They do this so they can breed.  Most of the time it is the females that are power fed but I know of some instances where the male is being power fed for the same reason: for his ultimate molt to breed with a mature female.  Timing is a key factor in all of this.  People that power feed slings usually do so because they want their tarantula to get bigger....not so much for breeding purposes because most of the time it takes years for the sling to reach adulthood and unless you know that your slings are male and female and intend on breeding them then there would be no logical reason to power feed the both of them.  Just my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>