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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Unsub" data-source="post: 119201" data-attributes="member: 26243"><p>My ganddaughter has always been fascintated with spiders so I was forced to take an interest and am happy I did. For her 9th birthday I bought her a Euthlus sp. yellow 1/4", Brachypelma Albopilosum 3/4 ", and a few Brachypelma Vagans. We care for them together.  We have watched educated ourselves as best we could but decided we still had a some specific questions.  My main concern is around feeding.  I want to feed them enough but not too much.  The Vagans are about 1/2 inch and I end up feeding them an ant or fruitfly everyday.  Since I can't always see them eat I worry that the fruit fly escaped or died and is now debri.  When they are happily burrowed I am worried that they might not see the food so wonder about stirring them. As long as I put food in that is smaller than them will they just kill the prey and save it ? Or will the ant bite them? I will browse the forums for answers.  Thank you very much <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>