white knee genicula female

[julie readman]

hi my female whiteknee molted 2 weeks ago and has still not eaten she has no intreast in food at all could her eco terra that she lives in be too large or is it not warm enought for her the temp is 76 F in the tank
when i bought her she was in pre molt and did not eat then so has long has i have had her which is about 4months she has never eaten i have a male waiting for her but dont want to put him in if she just going to kill him even though she seem not intreasted in food at all ,
iam just so worred she has not eaten all my other tarantulas have eaten within a week of molt so this one is so strange to me

[Colin D Wilson]

Well first of all welcome to the forum Julie, hope you enjoy your stay.

To put your mind at rest for the moment, in my experience it's not unusual for the larger spiders (geniculata & parahybana) to not eat for quite some time (just under a month in the case of a juvie parahybana) after moulting.
If they have chance to recouperate and have a clean water supply then that's really all you can do apart from try a food item every couple of days or so until the "normal" feeding regimen returns.

[julie readman]

she eating now

hi all
just to post and says she eating now 2.5 weeks after her molt just cant fill her at the moment lol