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  • 10-31-2008, 04:41 PM
    Drew87
    Help Very picky eater
    Hey everyone hope your season is going well mine it not. :rage: I have a female spider she is at 980 grams, and she has been off feed now for 2 months. I was going to try to put a little more weight on her before i start to breed her. But she has gone off feed i have tried everything read all the threads and NOTHING has worked. Markus Jane had a good idea i heard on reptile radio of trying ASFs but i dont have anyone close to me that has any. So i cant try that just seeing if anyone has any other ideas i can use. She wont even eat a rat pup dont know if shes trying to tell me to just breed her already or what. any help would be great. thanks andrew .PS sorry for the rant but im really just out of ideas.
  • 10-31-2008, 05:04 PM
    Purrrfect9
    Re: Help Very picky eater
    have you tried switching back to mice? or the 'brown bag' method?
  • 10-31-2008, 05:08 PM
    Drew87
    Re: Help Very picky eater
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Purrrfect9 View Post
    have you tried switching back to mice? or the 'brown bag' method?

    I have tried that brown bag did not work:rage::rage::rage:, but have not tried mice i dont think she has ever had one, so i guess ill try that one out. thank you
  • 10-31-2008, 05:10 PM
    FIREball
    Re: Help Very picky eater
    Can always try f/t ASF
  • 10-31-2008, 05:11 PM
    Purrrfect9
    Re: Help Very picky eater
    It's always worth a try. I find that some of my kiddo's are attracted to the mice's "stink" and they will eat them right up, and are back to eating rats the next week. Hope this helps
  • 10-31-2008, 05:12 PM
    Purrrfect9
    Re: Help Very picky eater
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by FIREball View Post
    Can always try f/t ASF

    are those readily available though? I don't know of anyone in my area at all that sells ASFR
  • 10-31-2008, 05:17 PM
    Drew87
    Re: Help Very picky eater
    Yea there is no one really close to me that has ASFs, so i think im going to try mice i hope it works. thanks everyone
  • 10-31-2008, 05:21 PM
    m00kfu
    Re: Help Very picky eater
    Have you tried leaving a rat pup in over night? We've got a couple of girls that will go off feed every once in while. Leaving a live rat pup in the tub over night usually does the trick for them.
  • 10-31-2008, 05:27 PM
    Somed00d
    Re: Help Very picky eater
    if mice/asf don't work try putting her with a male.
  • 10-31-2008, 05:43 PM
    Drew87
    Re: Help Very picky eater
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by m00kfu View Post
    Have you tried leaving a rat pup in over night? We've got a couple of girls that will go off feed every once in while. Leaving a live rat pup in the tub over night usually does the trick for them.

    I have tried that and it didnt work, i was so sure it was going to work but NOPE :rage::rage::rage:
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Somed00d View Post
    if mice/asf don't work try putting her with a male.

    Im really starting to think about doing that.
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