My curly hair sling refuses to eat, IDK why it been 4 days since it molted. At first when I try to put the mealworm into the container it show some interest then it started to run away from the mealworm and started climbing up to the lid.When I open up the container, it come out then it poop on the table. I pick up my sling then put it back into the container and remove the mealworm.Is this because it is picky on food or because it wasn't ready to eat yet?
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It's most likely because it's not ready to eat yet after its moult. Leave it a few days to harden up and then try again.
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First, you should let a T have a week after a molt before trying to feed. They need to get comfortable in their new skin and they need their fangs to fully harden up again.
Second, T's will sometimes just not eat for a while. I have a pair of curly hair slings that i was recently given...maybe 1/4" in size. One has eaten every 4-5 days for the last few weeks and the other had been refusing both pin-heads and lat nymphs. Both molted right before I got them so I knew it wasn't a pre-molt thing. The one that was refusing was looking thin so I added some moisture to the substate and put a pre-killed pin-head "plus" cricket near it. Checked a couple hours later and it was enjoying the found bounty and looks much healthier.
I would guess that in a few more days yours will be fine. Overall I've found curlys to be good eaters.
Second, T's will sometimes just not eat for a while. I have a pair of curly hair slings that i was recently given...maybe 1/4" in size. One has eaten every 4-5 days for the last few weeks and the other had been refusing both pin-heads and lat nymphs. Both molted right before I got them so I knew it wasn't a pre-molt thing. The one that was refusing was looking thin so I added some moisture to the substate and put a pre-killed pin-head "plus" cricket near it. Checked a couple hours later and it was enjoying the found bounty and looks much healthier.
I would guess that in a few more days yours will be fine. Overall I've found curlys to be good eaters.
Curlies are usually great eaters. But they do take some time to setting into their new homes and a week or more after a molt, depending on their size, from my experience. I recently got some giant mealworms and both of my curlies snag them off the tongs before i could drop them in the enclosure 
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Sounds like spider no eaty syndrome. Im very sorry. I kid. As the others said, let it get hardened up, and it will start eating again.
I kid. As the others said, let it get hardened up, and it will start eating again.
also...if it showed interest and then back away...that might be an indication that the prey u provided was a little large and the spider didn't think it could take it down...a good rule of thumb is to keep the food the size of the spider's abdomen.
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After a molt, I usually offer my slings pre killed prey. That way it's there when it's ready to eat and there's no worry of an injury to the T....although I've never had any of my ts getting hurt by the prey.
Keep trying to feed it daily. I've had ts refuse food, then an hour later, attack it like it's it's first meal in a year
Keep trying to feed it daily. I've had ts refuse food, then an hour later, attack it like it's it's first meal in a year
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The tiny ones hide most of the time. This will change when it gets bigger. Brachypelma you say? Mmmm, maybe a few years from now
Brachys grow slow.
