Food for Thought Spider DIETS

Food for Thought Spider DIETS
A look at what we feed our spiders ,why we feed them and when we feed them, today I will explain a little of what I do regarding feeding my collection the reasons behind what I do and why?
#Daveslittlebeasties
#FEEDING
#Spiderfood
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[@__Nikola__]

I feel Bob Ross vibes in the way you present things. So positive. Keep up the good work Dave!

[@callumrobinson8333]

Bob Ross vibes 😂

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thank you I think 😂😂

[@Utubemop]

Slightly different haircut though!

[@It-b-Blair]

For real!

[@benstewart8516]

"It's-a me, Mario Worm!"

[@plpbstuf4572]

"My White Knees not fussy, she'll eat about anything and everybody." That's too good. God I miss British humor!

[@heffermax]

I have to just jump in for my boy: The Locust. They come in multiple sizes which should be good for medium to very large T's, they live long, they are active and provoke a feeding response, they don't dig, they generally go up so they are good for arboreals, they have good nutritional values, they don't chirp, they don't stink, subjectively I just don't find them as disgusting as other feeders, they aren't as prone to feed on moulting T's (anecdotally I've never heard of it, needs confirmation though), you can breed and even eat them yourself (they are an excellent source of protein and quite tasty tbh). You could also pull the legs if you are that concerned about it... it's going to get eaten after that anyway.

[@khajagbrosh7023]

Props to your Wife for holding that Camera straight for half an hour for this great Video!

[@daveslittlebeasties]

She is very good at it and patient😂👍

[@m0rktfh284]

The best channel i know covering spiders...amazing work!

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thank you really appreciate your support 👍

[@MrBiscuit_WithButter]

Your channel is by far the most informative, head and shoulders above the rest. The pairing videos are at the NAT GEO level with spectacular footage and commentary.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thank you so very much my friend ❤️👍

[@mosesroatch8838]

Excellent and calm/commentates wel), ivve5learned and continued to learn! So interesting...I _risk fangs , showoff like to pick up and handle 🤔

[@grantkuseff4971]

As a retired professional person - I thought that I knew everything. The more of your videos I watch - the more I realise how little I know! You are a fountain of knowledge, and you share it in such an easily understandable and logical manner! Thank you 👍🕷

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thank you so much my friend ❤️👍

[@jezkearn9450]

Great vid again bud, I bet everyone was shouting at the the screen "Mealworms" lol

[@daveslittlebeasties]

😂😂😂 yes I had a total mind blank completely forgot 😂😂😂😂👍

[@ZaidrianSpiders]

You are one of the best info guides in the hobby!

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Glad you think so!❤️👍

[@KaroKoenich]

I like locusts a lot, actually. They are simply the least annoying prey item and the least potential pest problem you can find. They don't dig, they don't play dead, they won't hide like crickets will (sucks in heavily furnished enclosures like for a Chromatopelma), they are usually easy to remove from the enclosure if they are not eaten. They tend to go up (great for arboreal spiders), they are easy to keep, they don't stink. Sure, prey size should fit the spider you're feeding, but that goes for crickets as well. I usually alternate between a box of crickets and a box of small juvenile locusts for variety.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

There is that to them 😂😂👍

[@dattand2085]

Dubias all the way, they dont smell, come in all sizes, never seen one hurt a T, they breed easily, they behave just right when you crush the head in the right way and they wont infest your home should they escape, I love them ;)

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thay are a very useful food I use loads 😂😂👍

[@lauraclegg794]

I really enjoyed this video. I struggle to sit still for more than 10 minutes but sat & watched this whole way through. Very helpful xx

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Glad it was useful 😂😂

[@arachnophobe2arachnoholic]

How did I miss this video very helpful thank you

[@sonsiehollingsworth5342]

Very educational video!!! Thank you 😊

[@craiggerber5601]

My larger female Mexican red knee loves the black field crickets. Thank you for you videos! You’ve made me a much calmer tarantula owner.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thats nice to hear ❤️👍

[@anitamitchell3452]

I had to look it up ... spiders do indeed have a sense of smell and taste. Thanks for the video, very informative.

[@JCNxp]

Awesome video dave very informative as usual 🙌😁

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Cheers buddy

[@user-tr3nq5lt7l]

Love your videos

[@erickhovorka1654]

I'm doing my research before buying my first spiders. I learned a lot of useful information from your video Dave; thank you, for easing the stress from my mind.

[@keithwoodbridge1220]

Fantastic, thank you ...

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Glad you liked it!

[@nucchik]

Thanks! That was so helpful

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Glad it helped!❤️

[@barbhelle5481]

That is a lot of information. Thank you.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sunbeasts4733]

I keep fruit flies, wax worms and micro to medium crickets as my feeders. Just about all my spiders will happily eat a wax worm, and those are my favorite to feed. My very tiny slings are on the fruit flies, and the crickets are for the jumping spider and mantis (They don't like the wax worms) I've had my little cricket colony going for months with feeding them carrots. They're very useful, if a little stinky. Still feeling a little wobbly on toeing the line with overfeeding I think. I try to judge it on the spiders behaviour and how big their abdomen is, but with some it can be a real guessing game, especially with spiders like my Eresus Balcanicus and Chilobrachys sp, who tend to be out of sight most of the time. I'm always nervous about underfeeding my little guys.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

You can normally catch them out in the night time or if hungry they will often sit in the entrance to their burrows 👍

[@jonnyboytech2574]

how I haveN'T found this channel sooner....! lots of good information

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thanks buddy

[@TriggerHappyDB82]

New to this channel and i think it's great. Very informative video. As a new keeper in the invert hobby this is exactly the kind of info i needed. Thanks Dave and "camera lady"! Lol

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Welcome my friend ❤️👍

[@dd7620]

Great content Dave. Love from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Welcome to our channel my friend ❤👍

[@graemewright2046]

another master class from the PROFF. magical video with all the information on feeding. camera lady was brilliant as usual.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Cheers Graeme glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@vincentford9254]

Thanks for share your knowledge! Good advices here.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thanks Victor 👍👍

[@vet_x0]

Lovely! Thanks for the information Dave you help us new to the hobby a lot :) greetings to the camera Lady as Well ;)

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thanks we aim to please so glad your enjoying the channel

[@Jettdeadlynightshade]

I love your videos thank you so much for making them so amazing

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Glad you like them!

[@deniseshephard3347]

Every time a new video comes on I always learn something new weather it’s spiders matchmaking or the reptiles their a credit to you and everything you represent

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thank you 🙏

[@nancyfahey7518]

Very interesting. I have every one out in my gardens except the hisser. Used to breed crickets, and other things for raising birds with the wildlife rescue. Now I'm just raising worms for my gardens.

[@darrenmusgrove503]

Great informative video Dave cheers I'm learning a lot from ur videos

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thank you so much matey.👍

[@shirleysumner2420]

Dave I found this fantastic never knew most of these existed and omg some of them r really big I'm scared of all of them but this is really fantastic thank u so much for this it's awesome 👌

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Tank you ❤️❤️

[@dancingpuffin8936]

Very informative video, thanks so much!

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thank you for watching 👍

[@FC360D]

Very interesting video, I do like those wax moth larvae for smaller tarantulas so I now know what to get for any of the small ones I get. I jumped when that tarantula grabbed that roach lol.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

😂😂😂 So did camera lady 👍

[@acidlover11]

There is a lot of useful information in your videos. Just keep going, Dave. I follow you and your words! Peace

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thanks matey I will do my best 👍

[@michaelnancyamsden7410]

Good knowledge.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

❤️❤️❤️

[@bigjay1970]

Great video idea, it must have been Camara lady's 💡!🤫😋😉😇 And I love that my green bottle blue according to Dave has a healthy lifestyle!🤫🤫🤭🤗😇

[@shannonmcpherson9886]

Great video Dave

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thank you hun👍

[@mazdamundi85]

Super video loads of information keep up the great work guy's

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thank you 👍

[@angielovesowls]

She is lightning fast, the roach didn’t know what hit him! LOL!! This has been a very informative video - thanks so much

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Glad you liked it ❤️👍

[@sirdocmad4473]

love it :)

[@V-skeptic]

Black field crickets, eh? Those are new to me. I'll give'em a try. At lest until my young T collection matures. Dubias from then onwards mostly. Informative. Thank you.

[@bobbibuttons8730]

Lol Dave, welcome to my world. I have brain fog and I loose my words constantly. Thanks for another fabulous video. It is really informative.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Its my age I think 😂😂😂

[@bobbibuttons8730]

@@daveslittlebeasties shhhh, dont, I’m probably older than you lol

[@malamuteaerospace6333]

Thanks again 4 the great advice. Death by tarantula not a good way 2 go. Impaled on 2 huge venom filled fangs and the body mauled up by those same 2 fangs. I do not even have a spider, yet I would feel ok owning one just from the advice I have gotten by watching this channel. Always informative and fun to watch. Peace my friend.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thank you so much and welcome my friend ❤️👍

[@malamuteaerospace6333]

@@daveslittlebeasties greetings from Uxbridge an American NSA Embassy in London security officer. From Colorado. I was going to ask your opinion on these young boys with big Bird Eater they're around in KZbin. And are making a big spectacle about cruelly feeding live mice to a really big spider all for fun and giggles. The danger to the spider is great it seems to me as the rat/mice/gerbal/and even lizards as they fight back if the spider doesn't get it 1st wack. Tarantulas have underdeveloped lungs and like Funnel webs really rely on that lightning quick take down and venom in prey as quick as can be. But they push the poor rat wita stick to the spider abd finally a big rat bit its abdomen and leg. The leg so bad after they separated them it fell off. Abdomen swollen to 2-3 times. Finally another spider collector said put it in the freezer out of mercy. I turned them in to KZbin and the channel is now gone I see. The Spider Prodigy of Granite Bay?? Just punks giving gladiator killing a glorious look. But seems very cruel and Prodigy my arse. He is so reprobated he would try to polish a turd. Maybe you could do a segment on these sites and those Asian sites putting scorpions and spiders in a container to gamble fight. A bearded dragon went into a big blue tarantulas enclosure to fight and both got killed. The dragon bit it in half after the spider bit it on the under neck. These sites are destroying good reputations like yours and other's. Maybe do an educational video to clarify the difference between sick animal cruelty and true conservationists like yoand my family as we run an Alaskan Malamute rescue in Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona and Utah. Peace of our loving Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ be with you and your family for all time my friend.

[@dldarby82]

Another good thing about wax worms, is that if they are left alone they pupate. A lot of arboreal spiders (like my Avicularia and Caribena slings) love the moths.

[@dawnfinch8232]

How interesting

[@markbezzy]

awesome video,thankyou

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Glad you liked it!

[@billstokesbary6143]

Just a small tip, if you are feeding dubia roaches pinch the head of the roach with your forceps/tongs. Once thats done it won't burrow or play dead, it will lay there kicking its legs for hours/days attracting the spider

[@FC360D]

Yeah it's a great thing to do because of how much they move and their inability to dig. I crush their heads every time now and use them to try and get feeding footage but my tarantula never seems to like coming out it's burrow when the lid is off.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

yes this works too I like my spiders to hunt for them selves most of the time .

[@jarofdoom3708]

Lasiodora parahybana love the mario beetles, I have a harder time getting them to eat dubia/super worms. Great video, love watching!

[@daveslittlebeasties]

HAHA there one of those spiders that takes most things.

[@SaraJean85]

I love ur videos! I've learned a lot and how to make my you tube videos about my collection better too!

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Cheeky 😂😂😂 what's your channel ????

[@SaraJean85]

@@daveslittlebeasties my name- Sara Jean. Doesn't roll off the tongue like urs- ;) heehee I seriously have been taking notes... ijs

[@daveslittlebeasties]

@@SaraJean85 I will check it out 👍👍👍

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Just subbed Sara you have a very calm voice 👍

[@silklair5963]

Hello, just wanted to make a slight correction: waxworms are never adults, the moths thy become into are. Same goes for the hornworms. In fact, they become quite nice and big adults if you let them grow on chow or on privet leaves/tobacco plant/tomato plant. They will burrow on substrate or under toilet paper, and weeks later the moths hatch, they must be fed honey and water solution. Don't feed hornworm moths that have been fed on plants tho, because they can retain toxins. Also, an European alternative for hornworms are the larvae of the Privet hawkmoth (Sphinx ligustri). I am not sure if they can be fed chow, but might be worth giving a try. Also the adult moths are gorgeous with pink! Nice video, I really needed this. Thank you!

[@amyesworldcatherinesminime7945]

Newbie to the channel! I've been watching spider videos for months but yours have only just appeared in my recommendeds. Good info here. Thanks. I just bought wax worms for my P. regius (he's an only spider) as he'd moulted and I thought a nice, soft, juicy, non-threatening treat was in order. Fruit flies are perfect for the young'uns but I only used a very few before he was ready for something bigger and they'd all died anyway. Mini-mealworms were THE best value for money, no waste. The ones which grew too big were shared between a friend's chickens, my rats and my pigeon. The sheds, husks and frass are loved by my isopods. And I still have a few alive after 8 weeks. Bigger flies will be my next choice.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Welcome to our channel Catherine im glad your enjoying the content hopefully there will be plenty to interest you.

[@ricks2907]

Thanks again for the good content C Ya soon Ricky 🐈‍⬛🕺🏼🪳🕷

[@VenomWhat]

Great video!

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@darinstrailey9396]

Great video and great educational vidio ❤

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thank you 🙏

[@tarantulaark3182]

Wonderful video, Dave! I use to feed my spiders every week. Not anymore unless it’s a sling. Normally depending on size of abdomen, I’ve switched to every two weeks to a month or like you said, if it’s out and about. Sadly in the US I can’t get certain feeders or husband don’t want them in the house lol. The black crickets I stay away from (past experience, they bite hard) I do always feed wax worms to any smaller T after its molted and rdy to take food. Made a cricket breeding tank (still working through the issues) while my dubia’s start producing more. I don’t use cricket food or those crystals anymore, all I give my feeders is healthy foods & clean up often. Nice take down, she is stunning! Thank you for sharing & sorry for the long post 💙

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thanks glad you enjoyed it, yes the black crickets do bite hard I only feed them to my big spiders there a good size meal .

[@derivative7842]

I like letting the waxworms turn into moths which I feed my arboreals with. They go absolutely berserker. Its pretty fun to watch.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

yes also good for your jumping spiders👍

[@kenjayveerelativo4400]

Yesss new video to watch i always loved you're videos sir greetings from Philippines ♥️ more power Ts to come sir and keepsafe as always Happy keeping and godbless ♥️♥️

[@daveslittlebeasties]

We have lots more to come 😂👍

[@kenjayveerelativo4400]

@@daveslittlebeasties wow☹️ i hope i have a lot of Tarantula like you sir☹️😢

[@bernadettelinfoot]

Thanks for a very informative video. I tried black crickets but they really stink , now I bought a heap of doubia roaches and look lovingly after them until they get eaten.

[@Lrr_Of_Omikron]

The comment Dave made in the beginning about not getting your food from a pet shop and pet shops not taking care of their live food properly is correct. I had a beautiful ball python named Fluffy that sadly got sick and completely stopped eating untill she passed away because I fed her a mouse that was contaminated and I got the feeder mouse from a larger pet store. I'm not saying all shops are the same, be careful if you are getting your feeder animals/bugs tho and try asking a employee about how they care for the food.

[@58Kym]

In amongst the veges I used to feed my crickets, I used to also feed cheap goldfish flake. They really hoed into it and it just added some protein etc for my spiders .

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Yes I use its for my springtails too 👍

[@edzeljudedoncillo8571]

I really love your videos

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Welcome to our channel and to the hobby there's many interesting things to learn and do in this hobby , most IMPORTANT thing is never be afraid to ask questions even if they appear silly questions , theres lots of fun ahead for you Edzel , where are you from my friend ?

[@edzeljudedoncillo8571]

@@daveslittlebeasties Im from the Philippines Sir.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

@@edzeljudedoncillo8571 We have a few supporters from the Philippines thanks again for joining our little family ❤️👍

[@antonyross9957]

I just put a bit of tomato in my pre pack large locusts and they were all on it immediately !

[@rockymountainspiderfreaks3722]

Always with the amazing information ! Here in Canada we have only super worms ...crickets....and sometimes horned worms ....really wish would be allowed more options

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thats a shame mate but some of the best breeding results have come out of America so they must do ok on them diets .😂👍

[@rockymountainspiderfreaks3722]

@@daveslittlebeasties United states are allowed all feeders ....only canada has thoses restrictions ....but dont seem to have any issues in the years we have been crickets and superworms

[@daveslittlebeasties]

@@rockymountainspiderfreaks3722 Canada appears very strict

[@bugloverspiderlover8490]

Dave's Little Beasties it's so stupid too as a tropical roach or locust would never survive there!

[@JohanExoticGlobal]

Locusts is defiantly my favorite!

[@daveslittlebeasties]

They do have there fans 😂😂👍

[@numajoff]

Great video dave thank you. As I'm a new keeper I like to dry various foods for mine. My 2 juvenile spiders have been having medium cricket and standard mealworms. And waxworms. I like to give them waxworms post molt as soft bodied. I really want to try red runners tho. Just getting some is quite difficult. My sling has pre killed items. As I only have 1 sling to to spend out on one pot of micros us expensive. My sling likes half a mealworm or a pre killed wax worm

[@Ujuani68]

Great online name! 😀👍

[@darrylhughes7797]

Planning on getting a Hagna Carolinas. They're big. The biggest north american wolf spider. They're like small tarantula. Feeding them will be important, just because they're so big and fast, so this video comes in handy. Thanks.

[@Ujuani68]

Sounds like a real cool critter. 🙆‍♂️😎👍

[@darrylhughes7797]

@@Ujuani68 They are. If you want to check one out here's a vid kzbin.info/www/bejne/moK2Y4Rpq6mFbq8

[@dawnfinch8232]

Delicious 😋🤣🤣🤪

[@fishingfonzi5655]

I was thinking about breeding my spiderfood for some time now. As i am rewatching your video here im thinking about maybe it be intresting to share my thoughts. Beside all the good reasons you mentioned to breed and feed ones preyitems there may be another. I decided to breed my own from now on because i dont trust the paper paste in these boxes. Im sure the paperpaste in the cricketboxes that i can buy closeby are made of reused paper and box material. This means there is the possibility this contains a lot of diffrent toxic substances. But i have seen crickets in these shops eating the paperpaste and boxes with fluffy paperstuff at the bottom. But even if one can buy them in better conditions they still may be in contact to that papermaterial for some months until they get fed to our spiders. So i will work with bark and wood only.

[@komreed]

I had a wolf spider prey on a large grass hopper, the grass hopper wound up kicking the spider so hard that it’s abdomen came off and it’s front half escaped. Grim enough, but that wasn’t all, the kick apparently opened a small cut in the spiders abdomen and it wound up dying a few days later, around the same time as the front half of the grass hopper

[@daveslittlebeasties]

I am always weary of locusts and grass hoppers for this very reason 👍

[@58Kym]

I have been told to use gelled superglue on any lacerations on spiders. Never had to do it but worth a try.

[@jamesprice7470]

Thanks Dave really enjoyed that video that's helped me loads.i do see most of my spiders apart from the selenocosmia javanensis which lives underground permanently which I do worry because now all the subsrate is dry and looks like the burrow as colapsed slightly.do u think I should dig her up and re do her enclosure.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

If your concerned then dig her up and have a look most of the time all is well but it helps to stop worrying 👍

[@Bradimus1981]

When I had some different kinds of pets (fish, reptiles, etc) I told people a hungry pet is a happy pet. Not starving of course. lol

[@Ujuani68]

My little Eratigena Atrica has lots of confidence and attitude, so she jumps on tiny mealworms. When she gets bigger, I'll feed her some other things too.

[@amingus09]

New sub to the channel! I dont even keep insects lol!

[@daveslittlebeasties]

😂😂😂 welcome to our channel my friend and maybe one day you will venture into the world of spiders and have one of your own, but for now I hope you get as much pleasure from mine as I do👍👍👍

[@amingus09]

@@daveslittlebeasties I will!

[@georgyb99]

Hi Dave great video, I've just purchased a 5-6 cm grammastola pulchra. I've been feeding it smallest size hoppers I can get. Would it be able to have medium size crickets thought these might be too big. Your videos are so helpful 👍

[@daveslittlebeasties]

I normally feed items half the size of the spider when young, if your spider has a very song feeding response then try it on something a little larger you will be surprised what they will tackle .👍

[@MightyRude]

The easiest way to size the prey items is to use the length of one of the spiders back legs

[@daveslittlebeasties]

If I did that all my large spiders would be on Giant Hissers 😂😂😂not sure thats a guide I would use my friend 👍😂

[@MightyRude]

@@daveslittlebeasties Sorry I should have worded it better, what I actually meant is that the prey should be smaller than one of the back legs. Large silk worms are the largest prey I give my spiders I don’t give giant hissers because of their strength, spikes and the amount of chitin in their exo skeleton.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

@@MightyRude Yes I dont feed them either there real monsters I may try my female geniculate one day just to se her response but not something I would make a habit of

[@ZaidrianSpiders]

Are Gnats common for being in your enclosures? also would love a video on Mites, so much mixed information on them!

[@daveslittlebeasties]

I only get gnats when I buy crockets in and then they go mad in my room very annoying 😡 I have done a video on curing mites on a centipede 👍

[@ZaidrianSpiders]

@@daveslittlebeasties I will search it up :)

[@klaskristian1]

Great video! I like to use flymaggots as a treat for juvenile spiders and i simetimes use "Nightcrawlers/earthworms" fir ny large tarantulas

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Maggots are good if cleaned first , I have not used. earth worms myself but know of some who do .

[@klaskristian1]

@@daveslittlebeasties the ones that i feed are packed in saw shavings in bait/tackle shops. They look very clean so i have not bothered cleaning them. I just feed them away

[@daveslittlebeasties]

@@klaskristian1 By clean I mean empty 👍a couple of days in the shavings will empty them out 👍

[@klaskristian1]

@@daveslittlebeasties aha, but whats the point of empty them? I vant imagine that it would be bad feeding them "right from the rotten meat"?

[@daveslittlebeasties]

@@klaskristian1 We use to use them a lot for feeding young reptiles and birds and some small mammals we. always cleaned them first to save any contamination there not the cleanest of things , but commercial maggots are probably kept better by law 👍

[@carolsdarksarcasm4223]

This is incredibly helpful for me. Started collecting in October and have a variety of species in different levels of development. In the states, I was recommended "butter worms". Are u familiar with these?

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Glad it was helpful! and no I haven't had those ?

[@kenirving5240]

Tarantula Kat uses blue gummi worms, they look really nutritious

[@philipfish50]

Hi the spider must be as big as an Alsatian to take down that hissing cockroach lol very informative video thanks

[@daveslittlebeasties]

They are very big and I only use them for my largest spiders becouse they are very strong

[@KernowArachnids]

She’s gorgeous 🥰

[@daveslittlebeasties]

And she will just get better with age .

[@joesaiditstrue]

I love tarantulas but I'm terrified of insects, hate being me, would love to have my own beastie

[@gypsysunrise69]

when i feed grasshoppers or mole crickets to my spiders i take the back legs off so all they can do is walk around the cage and don't Hirt my spiders.

[@AnasuiJolyne]

I feed my spiders Dubia roaches. They don’t smell and they don’t need special breeding enclosures.

[@annettegollon239]

Keep up the great work Dave. Do you feed your spiders steak and baked potato? Are any of them old enough to drink beer?😂😂😂

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Sometimes

[@Ujuani68]

Oh no... it's Oscar, the drunk spider, weaving and wobbling home.

[@lorimilks870]

We keep the hissers as pets. 😁

[@Ujuani68]

When they hiss, it's because they gossip about you. 🤣👍

[@SWDBeats]

Hi Dave, any thoughts on chopped up mealworms for the smallest slings?

[@daveslittlebeasties]

I would maybe just cut them in half and leave in for 24hrs then remove whatever is left .

[@Easternspotteralfie]

Great video, if I was to keep a house spider, what wild caught food can I feed them, as I can’t see, to catch flies

[@daveslittlebeasties]

why not use feed it small crickets much safer

[@Easternspotteralfie]

@@daveslittlebeasties ok, thanks

[@kenirving5240]

Your Blondi has a mighty big water dish!

[@maddoggaming1171]

Is that a web in the top right corner of his door frame?

[@kylebice1]

Great video again Dave, thanks! I had a question unrelated to the video. I've seen in your other videos that you use enclosures with wire mesh tops and a lot of other prominent hobbyists recommend replacing those with acrylic sheets with holes drilled in, because tarantulas can get their toes caught in the mesh or chew through it and get out. Have you never had that problem? Would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks!

[@kylebice1]

Also, any chance you'll be making a facebook page or instagram where people can contact you in a more direct form than youtube comments? I'm sure there would be a lot of great discussion on a facebook page if you made one.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

@@kylebice1 Hi I do have a Facebook page but its my personal page Dave Fisher you can contact me on there no problem , as for the mesh roof I have no problems with it at all and in fact I find it gives me far greater control of the environment , I personally think that has been the odd case where a spider has had a miss happ and this has been blown well out of proportion , I'm thinking of doing a video regarding this very same subject.

[@kylebice1]

@@daveslittlebeasties Excellent reply Dave thank you, I think people would appreciate a video on that!

[@kylebice1]

I appreciate the offer to contact you on your personal facebook though I imagine it will be difficult to find. If you made a Dave's Little Beasties page I'm sure it would develop a nice community!

[@daveslittlebeasties]

@@kylebice1 My profile pic is me on my CBR

[@petermeichan3160]

when feeding slings / juv's ive found they grow better when feed on crickets rather than locusts, what do you think Dave ?

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Yes I use crickets or roaches 👍

[@vincentford9254]

dave, do you think that power feed the slings acelerates the growth? or it is just a mith?

[@It-b-Blair]

I think it’s a myth like the goldfish stay the size of their tank. I think it’s more a lack of study on how quickly slings process nutrients. I feel the danger of molt issues because they are too big to get out of their molt is a significant threat and not worth trying to shave a week off their grow time.

[@witcher1973]

I have never fed mine anything other than red runners, not that i wont use dubias but i dont like the play dead and burrow side of them. Crickets are just a plain no for me. I feed and water mine every Wednesday and Sunday, if the pray is still running around the day after i take it out, normally they eat straight away though. Sometimes i skip a feeding day or 2 just because of the abdomen size.

[@MightyRude]

Crushing the dubia heads will stop them from inactivity, playing dead and burrowing

[@witcher1973]

@@MightyRude yeah i know, i just like runners more.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

If that works for you then theres nothing wrong in it , its all about enjoying your hobby👍

[@migueltonnies6856]

My issue David, is that with the exception of my Tlilt Albispinosum, most of my spiders are tong shy. So I end up leaving the food item in the enclosure and hope for the best. Sometimes days go by and a cricket is still patrolling around:( Cheers Miguel

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Sounds like they need to go on a diet 😂👍

[@moodyshrew]

Nutritionally speaking, Is variety important or will spiders thrive eating the same insects all the time? Have you ever noticed a spider having a preference for one particular bug or do they all pretty much taste the same to them?

[@daveslittlebeasties]

its more about what the prey item is fed on and yes some can become fixed on some foods 👍