Help Very picky eater

[Drew87]

Hey everyone hope your season is going well mine it not. 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.

[Purrrfect9]

have you tried switching back to mice? or the 'brown bag' method?

[Drew87]

have you tried switching back to mice? or the 'brown bag' method?

I have tried that brown bag did not work, but have not tried mice i dont think she has ever had one, so i guess ill try that one out. thank you

[FIREball]

Can always try f/t ASF

[Purrrfect9]

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

[Purrrfect9]

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

[Drew87]

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

[m00kfu]

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.

[Somed00d]

if mice/asf don't work try putting her with a male.

[Drew87]

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

if mice/asf don't work try putting her with a male.

Im really starting to think about doing that.