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How do I get my tarantula eat and also how do I create an enclosure for tarantula missing it legs.

Rejoice it's Joy

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As I mentioned in my last post my tarantula hasn't ate since last year and she started to get skinny. It started after she lost two of legs, is there anything I could do to encourage her to eat? Or should I just wait for her to molt?

Also she has been swimming in water dish and I'm buying her small one and also considering down sizing her enclosure so she doesn't have to walk that much.
 

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PanzoN88

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Nothing you can do to encourage eating. The only thing you can do is keep offering feeders. You could even attempt to feed different prey items as well, might even help to prekill the prey beforehand. I had a T. albopilosus go nearly two years without eating despite regular offerings.

Do you have a picture of the whole enclosure?
 

Rejoice it's Joy

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Nothing you can do to encourage eating. The only thing you can do is keep offering feeders. You could even attempt to feed different prey items as well, might even help to prekill the prey beforehand. I had a T. albopilosus go nearly two years without eating despite regular offerings.

Do you have a picture of the whole enclosure?
Here a picture of the enclosure it's 12in tall by 18 wide on each side.
 

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m0lsx

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I have a couple of Brachypelmas who will only take smaller crickets. Anything too big & they do not eat.
 
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