Monday, July 27, 2009

How often do you feed a red hair tarancula and what do they all eat?

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How often do you feed a red hair tarancula and what do they all eat?

first of all do you meen rose hair? they eat bugs. mostly its easy and healthy to give them a couple crickets in their cage every day. i say a couple 'cause 1 or 2 will die. they do not eat that much. make shure there is a little fresk water every day.



How often do you feed a red hair tarancula and what do they all eat?

We had a "Rose hair tarantula"



We used to put a few crickets %26amp; grasshoppers in our cage with daily fresh water. If she's hungry she will eat, if not get rid of the dead crickets %26amp; grasshoppers cuz she won't eat those. She will generally only eat once a week or less.



How often do you feed a red hair tarancula and what do they all eat?

They do not eat much, we offered 3 to 4 crickets about twice a week. During the summer we also fed grasshoppers, and just about any bug that was the right size. Just be sure you collect in an area that was not sprayed with pesticides. Hissing roaches are also good feeders, and some pet stores sell them. Try not to feed too much, crickets and other bugs will breed in your tank, and will end up preying on your tranantula!



How often do you feed a red hair tarancula and what do they all eat?

They eat crickets, mealworms, any decent pet store or exotic pet shop can tell you more, you put one or two crickets in the tank, and the spider will go after them when it's hungry



"Feeding A diet of crickets, supplemented with other insects, is fine for tarantulas. An adult need to eat surprisingly little - certainly not daily, and once a week may be sufficient. Some owners may try to mimic how a spider would eat in the wild - e.g. completely randomly (maybe a couple of crickets, then one cricket several days later, then a few crickets a week after that, and so on). Adults may fast for extended periods (a month or two is not unusual), particularly before a molt. Growing spiders, however, should be fed several times a week.



The cricket should be gut loaded prior to feeding - that is they should be kept on a diet of nutritious food, and they can also be dusted with vitamins prior to feeding. Remember that what goes into the cricket is what you are ultimately feeding your spider.



Meal worms, super worms, and roaches can be fed occasionally. Larger tarantulas can even be given pinkie mice and small lizards, if desired, although it is probably not necessary. The most important thing is to keep the food smaller than the tarantula (that is, smaller than it's body) and make sure the tarantula isn't harmed by its prey. This includes not feeding any wild caught insect unless absolutely certain there is no risk of pesticide exposure. When molting the spider is very vulnerable and even a cricket can kill the spider, so remove any uneaten prey within 24 hours at most.



As mentioned in the housing section, a shallow dish of water should also be provided. Pebbles can be placed in the dish to ensure that the spider cannot drown (and also to keep prey insects from drowning)."

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