king baboon sling question

[lanny]

I have a king baboon sling about the size of a dime. The problem is that I been feeding him crickets about 1/4" long + he? seems to afraid of them should I kill the crickets first ? The guy I got him from said he was feeding that size with know problems also how much does the amount you feed affect how often a sling will moult? My other slings are doing fine. But I always wanted a king baboon + I don't want anything to happen to it. Can a cricket that small hurt it? I know large crickets can sometimes injure larger spiders. Thanks Lanny

 

[Cobalt]

i dont know how big a dime is but i can only guess...1/4" cricket is fine. You can feed it 2-3 times a week. how often it molts depends on the sp, temperature, how often you feed it and so on, once a month is a good guess i'd say.

 

[Nada]

Kings just don't eat that much. My slings get a roach every 10 days or so.

 

[Cobalt]

Kings just don't eat that much. My slings get a roach every 10 days or so.

Really? Are you speaking of King's in general or your specimen ? Thought they were a hungry sp!! hehe

 

[Nada]

In General, I have 8 or 9 females 5-8.5" and a dozen or so slings. They're just not big eaters.

 

[Cobalt]

In General, I have 8 or 9 females 5-8.5" and a dozen or so slings. They're just not big eaters.

Ah I see...my sling does eat as much as most other T's though, might change when she gets bigger i guess hehe

 

[Nada]

Lanny's sling could also be nearing a moult, in which case just leave it alone.

 

[lanny]

How often will a K B sling moult. I was under the impression that they moulted once a month when they were small.

 

[Cobalt]

It's so situational that there really isnt any legit answers to it, 1 month is a good estimate though

 

[Nada]

yeah, there's no right answer, to many variables.

 

[lanny]

Thanks for the advise. I saw it eat a few crickets so I doubt that it's staving. Like I said in my intro I've had Ts before + most were slings. I even raised up some 2nd instar B. Smithis. It's just that I got out of the hobby around 2000 so I can't remember a lot of what I knew. I don't want any of my Ts to expire so I'll be on this forum a lot. Maybe I'll be able to help a noobie. I also have snakes + I bred a couple of different species