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Message: <blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 233396" data-attributes="member: 29323">Tarantulas are ambush predators, that is in the wild they opportunist eaters, who eat when food presents it's self in front of them. So in the wild they can go long periods between meals.  So a couple of weeks between meals, will be well within the norm for a sling.Personally, I always feed my slings beheaded mealworms twice a week. Beheading a mealworm stops it from burrowing & potentially returning weeks later as a beetle. It also means the soft inner is easily available. And using a whole mealworm makes it easy to find & remove.</blockquote>