Some help/advise please guys.

I've had a B.smithi (3cm) for about a month and a B.emilia (2cm) for about 2 weeks. Neither of them have eaten or tried eating yet. I've tried small crickets and roaches, but the smithi just ignores and the emilia runs away hi-speed.

They are active and look in good health otherwise. They're just so small and I really thought the smaller ones would be more hungry, like growing kids should be ? Both are kept on moist peat and up against a heater pad, which is not too warm. Droplets form on the side away from the heater, so humidity should be fine.

I would really appreciate any advise :huh:

In a nutshell my advice would be to not worry seeing as it is winter (even though we as humans try control climates with heating pads).

Offer food once a week and if it's not eaten remove within a day.

They will eat sooner than later.

Vanhimself wrote: In a nutshell my advice would be to not worry seeing as it is winter (even though we as humans try control climates with heating pads).

Offer food once a week and if it's not eaten remove within a day.

They will eat sooner than later.

Agree 100%.
My emilia does the exact same thing.
Will eat once and then for the next 6 weeks you'd swear the roach turned into SuperRoach or something.
Ass over tea kettle down the burrow.

T's are weird......:silly:

Sent from my GT-N7100 a long time ago and far, far away.....

Thanks Evan, I have a really hard time with these tiny T's, and the crickets are so small I can't even catch them with my fingers. I was worried that a month is a long time for a little 3 cm sling not to eat

Deon wrote: ... I've had a B.smithi (3cm) for about a month and a B.emilia (2cm) for about 2 weeks. ...

What exactly is 2 cm or 3 cm long?

If their Diagonal Leg Span (DLS) is less than 3.5 to 4 cm a more accurate description of them might be "babies." See Growing Your Own for more information.

Deon wrote: ... Neither of them have eaten or tried eating yet. I've tried small crickets and roaches, but the smithi just ignores and the emilia runs away hi-speed. ...

Can you supply one or two photos of their containers from several different angles?

Deon wrote: ... Both are kept on moist peat and up against a heater pad, which is not too warm. Droplets form on the side away from the heater, so humidity should be fine. ...

At what temperature are you keeping them?

Deon wrote: ... I would really appreciate any advise :huh:

Okay, you asked for it! Go to the Spiders, Calgary website and start reading.

Be sure to also read the books mentioned in Stan's Rant .


POP QUIZZES DAILY, YOUR LITTLE 8-LEGGED YODA WILL BE GIVING YOU!

Ok Stanley, I will get back to you with that info and photo's. Thank YOU Evan, the smithi ate the immobilized cricket last night, whooo whooo. They are just babies after all and need a little tlc and nurchering. :laugh: