Tarantula Not Eating

[AnOriginalName]

My Pink Toe tarantula recently finished molting a few weeks ago and he hasn’t eaten any crickets yet. How long does it usually take them to eat after molting?

 

[Arachnoclown]

Adult, juvenile, or sling???
My adult waits 3 weeks or so.
My juvenile about 2 weeks.
My slings wait about a week or week and a half.


Pictures of the T and the enclosure could help determine if theres another problem.

 

[octanejunkie]

Try different feeder insects, crickets are gross Lol

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[AnOriginalName]

It’s an adult male. He’s gone a few months without eating before, but I don’t think he’s gone this long after molting. He’s been staying in his web in the upper left corner of his enclosure ever since he finished molting. I can send a picture if you like. Also, what other types of feeder insects would you suggest?

 

[MassExodus]

Mature males are notorious for not eating, no worries man. A great substitute for crickets are B lateralis (red runners).

 

[Arachnoclown]

A few of my males have a hard time killing prey after maturing. Probably because of their new pedipalps. They fumble around until the prey gets away. I prekill for them and only fed them every 2 weeks. Sometimes they still wont eat. Dehydration is more of a problem with mature males. I give them a extra water dish and top them off daily.

 

[AnOriginalName]

If I feed him prekilled prey, do I put it directly into his web or on the ground of his enclosure near his web?

 

[Arachnoclown]

I drop them in front of him...if he doesn't take them I'll leave it there for one day them toss it. You just don't want to toss them somewhere you can't retrieve them.

 

[Arachnoclown]

I usually make sure the prey item is still kicking a little bit...crush it's head or remove the legs.