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Re: Trantula Bald spot
Tarantulas won't eat pellet food, although some slings will eat pre-killed crickets or roaches. If your boy is indeed a mature male, he most likely won't be eating anymore. Make sure he has water, and if you want to offer a cricket, go ahead, but take it out after 24 hours if he doesn't eat it (he most likely won't).
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Re: Trantula Bald spot
He still eats, Ate today already he seems to like a big cricket once a week.
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Re: Trantula Bald spot
Some mature males (if that is what you have, I'll be honest, I don't see hooks or boxing gloves in the photos, but I have a pretty crappy old monitor, too) continue to eat, and I have heard of males having a post-ultimate molt too, so just keep on doing what you are doing. Does he seem to want to wander around more than usual?
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Re: Trantula Bald spot
He's more active now than ever before I'd say, He used to stay in the hide all the time, now as soon as the lights off he's out and climbing the glass.
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Re: Trantula Bald spot
Sounds like he's looking for a girlfriend. Has he spun a "tent" out of web?
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Re: Trantula Bald spot
Originally Posted by Andrew666
i KNOW it's a mature male,im an experienced tarantula keeper(4 years) and if u look under the 1st leg to the right of the 2nd pic going down that i quoted,you'll see a hook or "thumb".i have a mature male Salmon Pink Birdeater(L.parahybana) and he still eats and wanders around like crazy and drinks well.i've seen him make 2 sperm webs already(that i saw as he built).
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Re: Trantula Bald spot
Like I said, I have an old monitor, and I can't tell if it is a hook or a shadow. I'll take your word for it. I also said that some males continue to eat, and some will even have a post-ultimate molt. Bottom line is that his days are numbered, although I have heard of mature males lasting well over a year following the ultimate molt.
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Re: Trantula Bald spot
Originally Posted by ErikH
Like I said, I have an old monitor, and I can't tell if it is a hook or a shadow. I'll take your word for it. I also said that some males continue to eat, and some will even have a post-ultimate molt. Bottom line is that his days are numbered, although I have heard of mature males lasting well over a year following the ultimate molt.
yeah my mature male L.parahybana has been lasting quite long.he matured last summer and still living!!
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Re: Trantula Bald spot
That's awesome! I read on another board about someone who has a g. rosea that just made 5 years past it's ultimate molt. I have heard of 2 years or more, but 5? Of course, I used to know a guy that had a rosie that went a year between meals too. Nothing really surprises me anymore about them.
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Re: Trantula Bald spot
Originally Posted by ErikH
That's awesome! I read on another board about someone who has a g. rosea that just made 5 years past it's ultimate molt
i dont think mature males can live past 2 years after they mature.it's possible but it's rare for them to even make it past the 1st year.it's possible that it was 5 yrs. old but maybe it wasnt fully mature,but growing instead.
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