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<blockquote data-quote="Arachnoclown" data-source="post: 215820" data-attributes="member: 27444"><p>Her abdomen is super fat for a Asian species. That's probably why she's not eating. As for the mites there's a few tricks you can do to get the numbers down. First dry out you enclosure. Stop over watering and misting. Only fill your water dish. Also move your water dish to a drier spot for a while and let the area under it dry out. You can place carrots or apples around the enclosure to attract the mites but you need toss and switch them out frequently. Also raw meat like steak of hamburger works well but you need to change this out frequently as well. If your spider happens to eat some meat...no worries. Ive read in the British tarantula society that they had a shortage on prey items once and people were using raw meat to feed their spiders temporarily. Also remove any dead prey. Crickets are filthy little creatures that probably already have mites on them. Any lost dead crickets are probably potential breeding grounds for more. These things will only lower the number of mites to a less stressful level for your spider.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arachnoclown, post: 215820, member: 27444"] Her abdomen is super fat for a Asian species. That's probably why she's not eating. As for the mites there's a few tricks you can do to get the numbers down. First dry out you enclosure. Stop over watering and misting. Only fill your water dish. Also move your water dish to a drier spot for a while and let the area under it dry out. You can place carrots or apples around the enclosure to attract the mites but you need toss and switch them out frequently. Also raw meat like steak of hamburger works well but you need to change this out frequently as well. If your spider happens to eat some meat...no worries. Ive read in the British tarantula society that they had a shortage on prey items once and people were using raw meat to feed their spiders temporarily. Also remove any dead prey. Crickets are filthy little creatures that probably already have mites on them. Any lost dead crickets are probably potential breeding grounds for more. These things will only lower the number of mites to a less stressful level for your spider. [/QUOTE]
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