Can you pop one?

This weekend I purchased a new B smithi female, about 3 inches leg span. Her abdomen is HUGE... she looks more like a fuzzy tick than a T. Anyway, after bringing her home, I dropped in a cricket, which she promptly ate. The next day she did it again. Her abdomen is now so big you can see her "skin" because the hairs are stretched so far apart (and I'm NOT talking about her flicking bald spot). Should I put her obese little a$$ on a diet or keep feeding her?

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W

It won't hurt to go without food for a few days.
My T's that are 3 inch and larger only eat every few weeks.
Most of them eat mice as well as a few crickets.
With a heavy abdomen there is a chance of injury from a fall.
And the T can also get a worn spot on the bottom, because
it is too heavy.

Thanks...diet it is. BTW, we changed her name to Babe (after the pig in the movie).

W

Just cut back the feedings, my boehmi is also very fat like that and I have been skipping her when doing my other feedings.

Andy

I only feed my 2.5" G. puchra one Lg cricket once a week, sometimes once every other week, and it's still fat as all get out.

Most Brachypelma and Grammostola slings/juvies should be "fat". It is normal and like the last post kind of stated does not have much to do with over feeding.