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Re: General Tarantula CAre, what to know BEFORE you buy
Great thread shadowspider. I've heard that mice shouldn't be offered frequently because they don't provide the proper nutritional content for a T. Is that false?
1.1.1 R. Ciliatus (Abe, and I need names!)
1.0 M. Spilota (Oskar)
0.0.2 D. Tinctorius 'Powder Blue' (Ody and Perse)
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Re: General Tarantula CAre, what to know BEFORE you buy
I'm not getting any tarantulas and I still thought this was a very informative and interesting read. Actually it almost makes me want to get one. Great job!
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Re: General Tarantula CAre, what to know BEFORE you buy
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Re: General Tarantula CAre, what to know BEFORE you buy
Originally Posted by raptorslovepuns
Great thread shadowspider. I've heard that mice shouldn't be offered frequently because they don't provide the proper nutritional content for a T. Is that false?
That is true. Vertebrate prey as a staple diet provides a tarantula with too much calcium content and not enough vitimans and minerals of other types to ensure a proper, well balanced diet. The acculmination of calcium can, especially in the larger tarantula species, such as Theraphosa and Lasidora just to name two, can cause molting difficulties.
Feeding vertebrate prey occasionally however, is fine, but the primary, staple diet should be invertebrate prey.
I feed my Theraphosa blondi (Goliath bird eater) a pinky mouse about once every month or two but aside from that, she gets roaches, crickets, grasshoppers and large moths on a regular basis.
~Jay_Bunny
~I'm not getting any tarantulas and I still thought this was a very informative and interesting read. Actually it almost makes me want to get one. Great job!
Well thank you.
Thanks all for the comments, I really appreciate it.
~Denise~
My pet and critter list......in short form:
38 different tarantula species
8 different scorpion species
0.1.0 MBK
1.0.0 Bull snake
1.0.0 Blue point Siamese
1.0.0 Black/gray tabby
1.0.0 husband
1.4.0 Children
Lunacy General, Not Crazy, Just Different
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0.1 Wife (Karisa)
0.2 Normal BP (Kenzi, Snakespeare)
1.0 Albino BP (Tiberious)
1.0 Bumblebee BP (Bartlebee)
1.0 Pinstripe BP (Sampson)
1.3 Cornsnakes (Izzy, Silky Johnson, Serenity, & Molly)
0.1 BCI (Athena)
0.2 Kenyan Sand Boas (Medusa & Daisy)
1.0 Hognose (Alejandro)
0.1 Albino Granite Burm (Fury)
1.0 Pueblan Milksnake (Artimus)
0.1 Bearded Dragon (Reptar)
0.0.1 Heosemys Grandis (Bowser)
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Very useful information. Thank you!
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