Grats! What did you get?

Ermmm how come I can't see the body but only the legs? I am new here and still got a lot more to learn.

The regalis looks like a matured male to me. Did anyone see boxing gloves?

lol- I thought it was a sling or juvie!

yea,so fast matured?

hye...i just view some video regarding Tarantula...and one of the video mention about feeding the T...She said we must feed our T with alive food (mealworm, cricket, pinky mouse etc)...but when i buy my T from rafiqos...he said that we must cut mealworm or cricket head...which means it is death... so im confius now...huhuh..need help from sifu...

Depends on how big your tarantula is. Honestly I feed live food because I think there's better chance of the T eating it .

and I have a juve C. andersoni turned into a male few days ago. Will post a pic

The younger the T, the more willing it is to take food that is already dead. As they grow older, they are less willing to take dead food. A live prey that moves about has a better chance of getting a feeding response from a T. Take a look at the 20 second video in my signature. You will notice the T did not make a move till the cricket started to move in the top right corner. Notice that there was a cricket right in front of it - but it went for the other one that was further away because it was moving. My apologies for the video not being very clear- it was taken with my digital camera.

ETA: link to video


This post has been edited by Oldfart: Jun 15 2009, 07:59 AM

Matured male? Hmm the color does looks darker compare to b4
Its about 5inch legspan only
More pic on my blog but its nt clear...
I ll try2 look whether he have a hook o nt

Very true .


Don't look for hooks, look for the boxing glove. Not every sp have hooks.
Heres C. andersoni matured male with its mother.



The fella itself


Look carefully, no hooks !

size of my T now is more than 1inch... so it is possible to give my T live food? it hav been a week my T dun wanna eat...i giv my T dead mealworm and my T dun even touch it...why? maybe my T wanna moult???

dear andrew,
is that possible to mate the son with the mother?

Any T will eat live food- just got to find the right sized prey items. Fortunately, small slings will take dead food if small prey items are hard to find. Most slings under an inch will take dead food. Slings at about an inch start to get picky- some will stop taking dead food at that size. But I had a few that were more than an inch and they will still take a cricket with the head ripped off.
Some T's won't go after prey that is too big. One rule of thumb that I've heard is to feed prey items about the size of its abdomen. Some slings will tackle prey that is about its size but I would not recommend it because the sling could get injured.
Look at the butt- is it fat? If it is, don't worry, it may be full. Does the butt look dark? If so, it could be in pre-molt. Some slings will stop eating when it is near a molt- some will eat up to the day it molts.

Do OBT slings nid a hideout like a bark?Mine still the same,dun wan to come down.When open the cover of the container it will bcome active and crawl out to my hand.

This post has been edited by HyourinMaru: Jun 11 2009, 01:31 PM

Slings are opportunistic- they will use whatever is available to them. And if they don't have anything, most will burrow. Exceptions are avics- never met one that would burrow.

salmon pink the giant..

one more thing...is it true if the T finish their molt...we cant feed them because of their new skin still thin... we can feed them after two weeks...is it true????

all the info i get from this Molting

My OBT do burrow & hide below substrate, but recently it been webbing a lot outside, almost cover the area of its burrower entrance with the driftwood. Now its been coming out occasionally under its web of protection

They can't eat immediately due to their fangs are still vulnerable. Need to wait til their fangs turn black & harden.

This post has been edited by Foxngn: Jun 11 2009, 02:37 PM

Good choice!

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Added on June 11, 2009, 2:58 pmYes and no. Yes, do not feed them immediately after they molt. No, it's not because their skin is too thin. Like Foxngn said, their fangs need to harden first. The bigger the T, the longer you need to wait for its fangs to harden. For slings, a few days to a week will suffice. Again, like Foxngn said, the color of their fangs are a good indicator as to how long to wait. There's no need to rush to feed the T after it molts- they can survive a long time without food. I had a G. pulchra sling that did not eat for more than three months. And I've heard of others who say their T did not eat for almost a year and it was fine.

This post has been edited by Oldfart: Jun 11 2009, 02:58 PM

yups..eating machine~