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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arachnoclown" data-source="post: 205274" data-attributes="member: 27444">Skinny/slender spiders will molt too, when it's time its time. Here's a horrible story that happened to me I'll share. I had 100s of slings I was feeding and noticed one was missing. I dug around looking for it and couldn't find it. I however found a redrunner roach in the enclosure running around. I came to the conclusion that the roach ate the sling. I removed the roach and put the moss and dirt back in the dram vial and placed it in a bin I keep for enclosures/vials that need to be cleaned out (spider dishes). Once I fill the bin I wash and clean everything for future spiders. About 3 months later I finally filled the bin and it was time to wash. To my surprise when I got to that vial there was a spider in it. He was still alive after all that time. He also molted two times without food or water. I was sick to my stomach to think about all that time he was in there without any care at all. I learned that young slings don't need to be fed as much as what we suggest.  I think we are accustomed to suggest frequent feeding to speed up growth. However this isn't true. They're optimistic eaters as slings but growth still occurs just at a slower rate. He was smaller then his sack mates at that time but ended up living the longest of all the other males I held back.</blockquote>