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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bast" data-source="post: 2399" data-attributes="member: 379">The Petsmart near me sells them for 10 cents each...the other reptile shop will make you pay $1.00 (the price of a 10 lot) even if you only want less than 10.  I just go to whichever store happens to be closer while I'm out running errands.  I would think that your spider would be too small to feed a mouse to, but maybe a pinkie?  Not too sure on that since I have never done it.  There's also some controversy surrounding feeding vertebrates to T's; one argument being that too much calcium could cause moulting problems.How big is your spider?  Karina is 3" and I feed her 3 week old crickets right now, if they are on the smaller side I offer her 2, but she's only taken 2 once.  General rule of thumb is offer the meal (the prey item shouldn't be any larger than the T's abdomen) and remove anything that hasn't been eaten in 24 hours.  I would think once a week would be more than sufficient.  Oh the super worm will keep moving for awhile even after you crush it's face...so the T will still be attracted to the movement (and I have heard that some T's will eat dead prey as well) and pounce.  I wouldn't feed it anything that's been dead long though, bacteria and all that jazz.  I abhor super worms (I can still hear the sound of them crawling in the bucket I used to keep them in *shudder* LOL)...if I was going to feed worms I'd just go with meal worms; easier to keep, less 'aggressive' and you can keep them in a shallow dish without worrying about them roaming around and burrowing into the substrate.</blockquote>

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