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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whitelightning777" data-source="post: 126310" data-attributes="member: 26980">Are there certain feeders, such as soft bodied wax worms, silk worms or maybe even Earth worms that are known to reduce the risk of fecal impaction syndrome and death in tarantulas?Basically is there a spider version of prune juice?Another one of my spiders (L Klugi)  has a taste for Earth worms and tends to relieve herself massively after consumption. Of course, an Earth worm is bigger then a meal worm.One of my spiders recently had this and it's probably passed away by now.  I performed one last ditch effort to keep it alive that only has a 1000 to work chance of working.Prevention is the best thing.  I'm just wondering if it's worth the trouble to see if all of them can be persuaded to accept a wiggling earthworm or section thereof once a month or if it's just a water off time.Currently, all just eat crickets and mealworms. One will eat crickets and small roaches (P straita) when available. The other will eat anything that moves including feeding tongs. (L Klugi). The last one successfully eats mealworms and crickets but I haven't found a roach small enough to try it with yet.</blockquote>