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    Hey guys,
    here is my question today.
    My Chile Rose has went on hunger strike and I am aware that they can do so for a great deal of time.
    When it went off foon I assumed it was in pre-molt, but time has went on, well I think it has, perhaps two weeks and no sign of molting.
    Can it be off food longer before a molt, ie. more than two weeks.
    If it is off food and off food for some time are there other indicators other than gobbling food up that my T will exibit.
    Say for instance, pacing about, webbing, or the like.
    I ask this as I am worried if I put a couple of crickets in the tank and it does actually molt, ie. dammage to my T.
    My T is about three to three and a half inches leg span, so it can handle a largish cricket, also there is a part of the tank where the crickets hide out and its a bummer trying to get them as I dont wanna stress my T out too much.
    Thanks you guys, I look forward to hearing the groups experience.


    One more thing, I was putting out the rubbish earlier, where I stay we have a communial rubbish area and there was a fush tank there for collection! Not too huge, just right for a Brachy or something similar. It came straight up the stairs with me, washed in bleach, then soapy, then clear running water and dried off. Yee-har! Just saved myself a couple of bob.
    Bye for now.

  • #2
    My chile didn't eat for about three weeks. When she stopped eating I just offered her food once a week. If she did'nt grab it with enthusiasm or let it walk right by her or under her and not be bothered with it I took it straight out. I too am worried about leaving food in the tank in case they go into a moult. Mine seems to let me know when she does'nt want to eat by what I've said above. I've only had her three months and shes stopped eating twice. The second time was only for just over a week without eating though.They can be funny things eating and not eating. I've heard that some have gone for months and months without eating and not moulting either.
    Proud owner of 48 Tarantulas and other pets.

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    • #3
      My little 4 instar stopped eating around Christmas. I left her with a cricket on Boxing Day, returned 4 days later to find her burrowed away with entrances blocked and the cricket roaming around. I removed the cricket and left her to it. After a while of no molting I decided to provide some more moisture by spraying (I don't normally do that but it does provide a fine spray and she was out of sight) and put her enclosure away where it wouldn't be disturbed. 6 days ago she finally entered the molt stage, motionless on her back and within a day it was very evident she had molted. She's still burrowed away, still hasn't eaten, but definitely looks different. Once she extracts herself from the burrow I'll add food.

      Try the same, make sure there's water in her bowl and no disturbance, and definitely no food.
      My Collection - Summer 2011



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      • #4
        Grammostola.....Mr & Mrs unpredictable !!!!

        I've had them not eat for a few days then moult, right through to.....well the longest i can find in my records with a quick shufty through.....9 months !!

        4 inch female G rosea NCF......main excerpts from notes..
        "refused food - 19th september 2001
        moult- 2nd June 2002
        cricket - 9th June 2002"

        Only thing you can do is keep the waterbowl topped up and they normally moult (on average) within a month in my experience.
        Don't forget to learn what you can, when you can, where you can.



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        • #5
          9 Months, OMG! I know they can fast for much longer but I'd be fretting over that period.
          Did she stay hidden away for that long? good to hear she ate a week after molt.
          My Collection - Summer 2011



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          • #6
            Actually Peter, after she first refused food she spent a day or two in her burrow the she reappeared and just went about her daily business for the next 8 and half months or so, then obviously she decided it was the right time and spent a week hidden then moulted.

            I love them, you can virtually throw away the rule book when you keep them
            Don't forget to learn what you can, when you can, where you can.



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