Long story short, I recently came into a chilean rose tarantula. I have no experience with tarantulas but I have done a bit of reading (lol petrock i know) and I know that I am suppose to remove rejected food within two hours so that I do not stress out the T.
Today, i tossed in a couple of juicy crickets for dude to eat, but after an hour he hadn't moved. I went to work and got back after 5 hours, making a total of 6 hours of cricket madness, and they still had not been eaten.
I have removed them now, but I did have a few questions.
Q: How often does the chilean rose eat?
Q: Does he prefer to eat during the night, as I *believe* they are nocturnal?
Q: Would it be alright to toss in those scrumptious crickets before I hit the sack, and remove them in the morning?
Q: Is there a drawback of leaving the crickets in indefinitely?
Q: How long should the T go without eating before I become worried?
I really do appreciate anyone who takes the time to answer my questions!!
Cheers,
Alex
Today, i tossed in a couple of juicy crickets for dude to eat, but after an hour he hadn't moved. I went to work and got back after 5 hours, making a total of 6 hours of cricket madness, and they still had not been eaten.
I have removed them now, but I did have a few questions.
Q: How often does the chilean rose eat?
Q: Does he prefer to eat during the night, as I *believe* they are nocturnal?
Q: Would it be alright to toss in those scrumptious crickets before I hit the sack, and remove them in the morning?
Q: Is there a drawback of leaving the crickets in indefinitely?
Q: How long should the T go without eating before I become worried?
I really do appreciate anyone who takes the time to answer my questions!!
Cheers,
Alex