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Message: <blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 226758" data-attributes="member: 29323">All of my slings are fed mealworms & they all seem to do just fine on them. I do move over to crickets as they get larger, but mealworms are just fine for small slings. At a guess, I would say I start my T's on crickets at around an inch plus. So 2.5cm+. But we have sufficient slings of that size to make a tub of very small crickets worth purchasing. A tub of looked after mealworms will live much longer than a tub of crickets. Great T's for anyone  to have are Lasiodora parahybana, (commonly simply reffered to as the LP.) Not only are LP's  easy to keep & easy going, but they grow reasonable quickly & to a decent size. My largest LP is over 8.5 inches.  Another easy going, easy to keep T, that like the LP is underrated is the Aphonopelma seemanni. Any Brachypelma or Tliltocatl are reasonably easy going too. But really, if you want a specific T, then get it. As long as you are calm & move gently around them, very few T's are aggressive & a threat posture from an old world, is not as irritating as  hair flicked from a new world. If you are getting T's as slings, you get to know your T very well, before it reaches even juvi age. So you grow with it & learn as it grows. So if you really want something, then get it. I routinely move adult old worlds into new enclosures by picking up the bark they are sitting on. I do have T's that I am careful with, as they are aggressive. But most are simply defensive & harmless.</blockquote>

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