Tarantula Question

[SkiFletch]

Ok so my roomates new tarantula just molted today. Its a Chilean Red-Knee I THINK. Anyway, we were told by the petstore that they tend to get VERY hungry after a molt and should be fed a lot. But I also remember us hearing that they cant eat for the first day or two or something like that? So when should we start feeding her crickets again?

 

[Mr.September15]

Ok so my roomates new tarantula just molted today. Its a Chilean Red-Knee I THINK. Anyway, we were told by the petstore that they tend to get VERY hungry after a molt and should be fed a lot. But I also remember us hearing that they cant eat for the first day or two or something like that? So when should we start feeding her crickets again?

I want a tarantula . Why does this forum not cease to make me jealous Good luck on your tarantula problem.

This is what I got for you from google:

When a tarantula approaches a molt, it may not eat for at least a week prior to the molt. Remove all uneaten prey items within 24 hours of introduction. Prey items left with a molting tarantula can cause stress and have been known to injure or even kill them. Be sure that you are maintaining proper humidity levels if your tarantula is approaching a molt. If your tarantula is a species that requires less humidity, then you should mist one corner of its enclosure to insure adequate humidity for an easier molt. Your tarantula will be on its back during the molting cycle. Do not become alarmed, it is not dead. Do not disturb or feed your tarantula for at least three days after molting. It takes several days for baby tarantulas to harden up and to regain their normal color and mobility after molting. Adults can take weeks.

How much you feed your tarantula is up to you. Some people want their spider to grow as fast as possible and will feed them every day. Spiders, in general, will keep eating until they are full, approaching a molt, or ready to lay an egg sac.

 

[moray]

I always leave my tarantulas for 5-7 days before I feed them- depending on size and species, I then watch when I put in the food to see if its been eaten, if it's not taken after a while I remove it and try again the next day.

It's probably a chile rose (grammostola rosea) or a mexican red knee (brachypelma smithi), I've got both, lovely spiders both of them, though my smithi is a bit flicky, she was my first T and my fav.

 

[SkiFletch]

Ah yeah, I always get the two names mixed up (one friend has a rose hair, the other a redknee). Pretty sure my roommates got the mexican red knee just like the one in your avatar . Ok we'll wait till friday then before we get some more crickets. Thanks