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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sinder" data-source="post: 14016" data-attributes="member: 761">i got a G rosea spider for bout 6 months ago a new born one. and it have changed skin onces and that was for 3 months ago and stopped eating a few weeks later. the temprature is bout 23-27 and the fog and that is bout 60-80%, i have fresh Dubia Cookroaches i feed em with, i give same dubia cookroaches to my Grandis Mantis and he eats them without getting sick. so my Dubias is it no problem with. why wont it Eat? i have crickets too it wont eat that either.its one like this i have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_rose_tarantula" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_rose_tarantula</a>Im very new with Tarantullas, but i love reptiles just to bad most of reptiles in my country is illegal. but it will get legal in 2014. So im pretty new with spiders and take all tip i can get on why he wont eat.I have a pretty big Terrarie tank for my spider, its about 300 Liters Terrarie (Aquarium) and the spiders doesnt seem to be afraid of exploring the terrarie, i can often see him walking from the end of the cage to the other end. the substrate i use on the ground is dirt we use to make flowers wich i was told it was best for a g Rosea from the one i purchased the spider from. i dont know if its a he or she, but she/he have changed skin once and never again. stopped eating 2-3 weeks after it changed skin. before so did it eat a Dubia roachies bout 1-2 every week. ive also tried with dried crickets, but the rosea wont touch it. i have Fogger Cave and another Fogger. </blockquote>

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