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Hi
the thing with tong feeding is that sometimes the spider may take too aggressively miss and hit the tongs and break a tooth or both and then possibly starve to death .
When seeking advice is better to refer to spiders size in DLS(Diagonal leg span) rather than age as it does matter how large your pet is.
Slings eat more often ,moult more often abd in general require more attention.
Juveniles, sub adult and adult less so.
I have adult tarantulas that I feed once a month for example and they still refuse food sometimes.
If you are struggling to deal with uneaten live feeders you can injure them so they still twitch to provoke feeding reactions but will be slow and easy to remove.Also place pray away from burrows oe hides and never force pray in those.
If spider is hungry it will come out to eat.
After moult you need to wait before offering food till fangs are black to avoid any possible damage if they not hardened properly. It takes from few days to up to 4 weeks depending on sizevof spider.
Regards Konstantin

<blockquote data-quote="Konstantin" data-source="post: 223230" data-attributes="member: 30996">Hithe thing with tong feeding is that sometimes the spider may take too aggressively miss and hit the tongs and break a tooth or both and then possibly starve to death .When seeking advice is better to refer to spiders size in DLS(Diagonal leg span) rather than age as it does matter how large your pet is.Slings eat more often ,moult more often abd in general require more attention. Juveniles, sub adult and adult less so.I have adult tarantulas that I feed once a month for example and they still refuse food sometimes. If you are struggling to deal with uneaten live feeders&nbsp; you can injure them so they still twitch to provoke feeding reactions but will be slow and easy to remove.Also place pray away from burrows oe hides and never force pray in those.If spider is hungry it will come out to eat.After moult you need to wait before offering food till fangs are black&nbsp; to avoid any possible damage if they not hardened properly. It takes from few days to up to 4 weeks depending on sizevof spider. Regards Konstantin</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Konstantin, post: 223230, member: 30996"] Hi the thing with tong feeding is that sometimes the spider may take too aggressively miss and hit the tongs and break a tooth or both and then possibly starve to death . When seeking advice is better to refer to spiders size in DLS(Diagonal leg span) rather than age as it does matter how large your pet is. Slings eat more often ,moult more often abd in general require more attention. Juveniles, sub adult and adult less so. I have adult tarantulas that I feed once a month for example and they still refuse food sometimes. If you are struggling to deal with uneaten live feeders you can injure them so they still twitch to provoke feeding reactions but will be slow and easy to remove.Also place pray away from burrows oe hides and never force pray in those. If spider is hungry it will come out to eat. After moult you need to wait before offering food till fangs are black to avoid any possible damage if they not hardened properly. It takes from few days to up to 4 weeks depending on sizevof spider. Regards Konstantin [/QUOTE]

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