i kept one that i just caught in my house for a while when i was younger. i fed it meal worms and crickets and it seemed to do fine. i think i fed it one prey item every 4-5 days...i don't remember exactly, but if it didn't eat it within 24 hours then i would just take it out. it didn't really live a terribly long time though, but i don't think they are a very long lived spider anyhow.