Hi there, complete amateur here. To be honest, I don't yet own a tarantula, but a friend of mine is leaving the country for two years starting next month and asked me to take care of his tarantula during that time. I'm mostly familiar with the specifics of tarantula care, and I've already dealt with animals that feed mainly on crickets before. Once, however, I seem to remember while binge-watching Emperor Scorpion videos on youtube I saw a description where an owner said that instead of dumping crickets in, they simply kept a breeding population alive in the same cage as their scorpion. I was wondering if this seemed feasible to any experienced owners, or, preferably, if anybody had successfully done something like that before, preferably with a tarantula. I'm not lazy, and I'm prepared to be conventional, but I've always liked the phrase "Work smarter, not harder".
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New guy with an alternative feeding idea
- Thread starter H.P.
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For a tarantula this would probably not be a good idea due to the fact that the crickets may harm the tarantula, especially during a molt I have actually heard of this idea but its a big risk. Crickets have had a tendency of bitting tarantulas even known for bitting a leg off a tarantula in a post molt.
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No I wouldn't risk it I learned that lesson the hard way left 3 crickets in and attacked and killed my first tarantula
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We had 1/4" crickets eat alive a 2-day old Bearded Dragon overnight despite the fact we had greens & fruit in the enclosure. Poor baby wasn't quite dead when we found it in the a.m. either.
You could see its spine & ribs.
So I wouldn't. Kudos to you for researching first; we had no idea crickets could do that.
You could see its spine & ribs.
So I wouldn't. Kudos to you for researching first; we had no idea crickets could do that.
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I'm sorry 2 hear that and very sad anyways do you plan on getting another one?
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Oh we're breeders, so not to sound callous because all the babies are important and we'll-cared for, it was one hatchling & we still had 20 from that clutch alone. The crickets actually got to two hatchlings that night but the other was barely chewed on and you can't tell now, 12 weeks later.
Still, can't imagine how awful it was for that little guy.
