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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arachnoclown" data-source="post: 145117" data-attributes="member: 27444">That's alot of food for a spider that size. I feed mine one or two roaches every two weeks. It's most likely in premolt. Depending where it was on its growth cycle you may or may not have to wait a while for its molt.For an example, if you feed a tarantula a bunch of prey items frequently just after molting you may have a spider that doesn't eat for months. A spider can only grow so fast, you will have to wait for its growth cycle to catch up. I've had smithi's go well over 6 months without eating waiting to molt.I've learned over the years low and slow with feeding my slow growing spiders. This way I can enjoy the feeding action longer and they dont fast for months and months.It doesnt hurt them to eat less frequently either. In the wild they may go months without eating.  They are built for it. As I'm sure you already know water is a must though. Hopefully you wont have to wait long.You know pictures are a must...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>