Spider with issues.

I've had my little Spider, Parker, since November. He's always been a fairly good eater (maybe a little slow). He had a very minor 'wobble', but nothing too bad based on video's I've seen of bad wobbles.

But recently, he's not been eating. I'll give him a mouse, and he'll kill it... and then ignore it. I leave it in there over night, and still he ignores it. This has been going on for the past four weeks, along with an increase in wobble activity. I've seen him at night a couple times doing a 'spider stress dance' on top of his hide. I don't really know what the problem could be. There's been no changes in routine, or temperatures / humidity (inside). But, the weather outside has changed from cold to spring/early summer type warm.

Any idea's what this could be?

Also; my normal girl hasn't shown any weird changes. She eats like a boss.

I had a normal female kill the food and leave it and I did the same thing. I was stressing for weeks couldnt understand it. Lately shes eating everything in site I found it really wierd but she is a great eater now

Same here, I have a pastel and a spider that did the same thing. They would Strike, hold and leave it there looking for more or sth... Sometimes they would just keep smelling the feeder, clearly interested, but don't do anything with it.

My guess is that the feeders are not fresh enough (frozen for too long), that it emits a weird scent. OR, they want a longer feeding schedule.

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Originally Posted by mmca

My guess is that the feeders are not fresh enough (frozen for too long), that it emits a weird scent. OR, they want a longer feeding schedule.

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I always feed live. So they're as fresh as they come.