hi everyone just need some help here. i know the colbalt blue is rarely seen out in the open but i have heard there really good eaters. trouble is i've been having to fish out the food items the next day where they've not been eaten. the set up is ok as far as i know the temp sits at around 75 to 80 the same as the humidity. i feed extra large crickets and roaches but just haven't been able to tempt it to eat. it's well settled as it's made tunnels and filled the entrance of it's hide with substrate and web. is there any need for concern or should i just leave it be which is what i'd rather do and thats only because i cant see where it is. i dont particularly want to start prodding around unless it's absolutely necessary.
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I have 2 of these little devils... one has made an intricate tunnel system and readily eats pray items, the other refuses to burrow and has not took food since november/december (last thing she ate was a male though)... They are both in exactly the same tanks with the same kind and depth of substrate at exactly the same temp and humidity... Just different personalities I guess.“The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line”
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Originally posted by Peter Roach View Postif it hasnt been feeding for only a short period perhaps it coming up for a moult.
How long have you had it? When did it last eat?
If it's made a burrow and has webbed up the entrance, I would be tempted to say it's fine. All the evidence is leaning towards an upcoming moult. One of mine started refusing food about 3 weeks ago and has done exactly the same as yours.
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hi there jamie i've had the t about 4 months now and it stopped eating 3 weeks ago aprox.but as you say prehaps everything is fine it's just that this is my first old world tarantula and i have much to learn about them. are you still trying to tempt yours with food or are you going to leave it for a while. by the way thanks for your help jamie.
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Leave it for a couple weeks and see what happens. I had same experience with a regalis a month back. I left it alone on advice from here and sure enough it moulted.
I bought my lividum as an adult female and shes never burrowed or even attempted but eats fine and is really healthy. She uses a 'cave' i made for her though but half the times shes out in the open and roams about looking for food at night. Dont worry. Like he others said leave it and see what happens.David Attenborough:
‘It seems to me that the issue of conservation of the natural world is something that can unite humanity if people know enough about it. Persuade them to change the way in which they behave, to change the view that gross materialism and the search for material wealth is not the only thing in life.’
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