How and what we feed our smallest slings

[@MissEwe]

I love Dave's Little Beasties ♥️

[@thecatsmeow9972]

Me too and I don’t own any tarantulas lol but I love being educated with this channel , and always the best close ups

[@daveslittlebeasties]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@defooraap]

KZbin has trained me so well, that when in the end when he says "and don't forget.." i immediately move to click the video away before i get commanded to "like, tweet, subscribe and donate on patreon but not before a word from our sponsor". But then he goes and says ".. be calm, be gentle and love your spider". Very nice channel!

[@susannesamuelsson2930]

You are amazing Dave and it's both interesting and educational to watch your as well as sweet Camera Lady's videos! You are good ambassadors for the spider hobby and for getting people to like spiders and tarantulas 🕷! Big warm hugs 👋😊🥰❤🤗! Susanne.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thanks hun ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Cookie4811Mau]

oh.... Flying... through the spiders.... Your jokes are smooth as silk.... 😳🤣😏 I'll go to bed Dave... 😂😂😂😂

[@daveslittlebeasties]

😂😂😂😂👍

[@tonycrabtree3416]

We can absolutely “FLY” through…. I see what you did there.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

😂😂😂😂👍

[@bridget6224]

@@daveslittlebeasties how can I get a t seladonia

[@daveslittlebeasties]

@@bridget6224 Sorry all gone this time , but I post on my Facebook page when I have stuff available facebook.com/Daveslittlebeasties/

[@danielwilliams1359]

16:30 “Famous last words” that made me laughhhh😂😂😂

[@tammycampbell2491]

Hi Dave! Thank you for sharing your beautiful spiders with us, trying to talk my husband into letting me have a spider. Not going so well lol 😂

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Don’t give up😂👍

[@jessewoods6890]

Great work once again by you Dave & of course the Camera Lady !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Hayley0412]

Ooh I can’t wait to find out what the secret is? I really enjoyed that video, your channel always shows great educational videos, thank you for showing us the everyday care! You two are awesome, love to you both! ❤️

[@FrankRzzo]

Priceless info is what Mr Dave is giving everyone. I have raised up 8 T’s based on this great man’s suggestion’s. PLEASE make sure to subscribe and like these videos, it makes a difference. 👍

[@daveslittlebeasties]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@falkhammermuller9342]

This is miles away from my imagination. Awesome. I'm basically fully educated now 😂. Thank you.

[@rkhnd51]

I tried to watch this while getting ready for work this morning. I was almost late and missed parts of the video. That didn't work out very well so I just played the whole thing over after work. Won't do that again. Your videos demand full attention at the onset. Much anticipation till I got home. Thanks for these great videos. Those flies are a nightmare. Thanks for the tips.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thanks my friend ❤️👍

[@a_colourful_muppet]

I'm learning so much from you.

[@thomream1888]

"It's important when keeping your fruit flies..." a phrase I thought I'd never give a thumbs-up for - till now! Good on ya Dave. Thanks.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thanks 👍

[@vanessasmith5227]

I put my fruit flies, both the larger and the smaller golden ones, in the fridge for a while before using them as it really does help to slow them down. My tiny slings, less than 0.5cm I feed with the golden fruit flies and also put a few springtails in there too 😀

[@russelaceto2394]

I might suggest that once you have them in your transfer container, grab a cold pack from your freezer and place your container on that for a couple min OR pop the whole container in the freezer for a min or two, not much longer, and the FF become very lethargic but will pop back to life in short order and you will not have them running all over whilst feeding. You also have the ability to have better "portion control" LOL

[@Sugarglass11]

Thank you Dave, I'm off to pick up a juvenile GBB later to day, it will be my first juvenile and I'm a bit nervous about it. I have a mature, female Chillian Rose, she was fully grown when I first took her and have been looking after her for about seven years now and she is beautiful and a happy little spider 😁 hope I can keep the GGB happy too. Love your chanel, it helps me loads x

[@wolfe1970]

Thank you, im looking at getting a couple seladonia, but first want to do my homework, thank you for the info on this

[@mrcreepycrawlers1742]

Coffee & T feeding video before work..Wicked good,cheers.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Morning!

[@OC_Tarantulas]

This is very helpful, thank you so much! Have a good one, cheers! 👌👌👍

[@purrfectcreations8667]

would love to see a video dedicated to how you breed mealworms, would be super helpful even though they may be simple, everyone does them differently

[@daveslittlebeasties]

I dont breed them my friend 👍

[@kakarikiIck]

You must have an enormous amount of tarantulas and spider when you count all the sling pots and egg sacks you have. I bet feeding everyone takes some time! All the best.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

It’s not as bad as you would think 😂👍

[@kakarikiIck]

@@daveslittlebeasties well I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos Dave! Thanks for making such an amazing KZbin channel. They knowledge you have is incredible and you come over as very personable and effortless with what your teaching /showing us. Really love your channel and it makes me happy when I see how fast you are getting subscribers. Thanks again Dave and Camera Lady!

[@daveslittlebeasties]

@@kakarikiIck we really appreciate your support ❤️❤️❤️❤️👍

[@kakarikiIck]

@@daveslittlebeasties 👍😀

[@ilsamarshall8632]

Wow Dave you make everything look so easy your husbandry is amazing I have seen some videos that look so award not that I am hating god yesterday I was in my laundry and see a huntsman above the door scared me that much tripped over the dog and kicked my toe lol thanks for another great video x

[@belindalaing7592]

Yay we got to see some babies 😊😊 👍👍

[@BethanysSpiders]

Such a tease with those first slings 😂😂😂😂

[@daveslittlebeasties]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤️

[@SuperBunnys]

You are sooo cool showing/teaching us your wonderful interests. You are like a Hogwarts Professor from Harry Potter haha. You're awesome. God bless everyone. ❤🙏🥰🦆

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thank you 🤗

[@benrichards9003]

Don’t look like you have been living on fruit flys the last year Dave . 😂 another good vid mate

[@neilgillmore]

Ha ha... Battle of the bulge ??

[@marlenjeangraulau2221]

Thanks for the tips with the fruit flys 😁👍‼️I always struggled with them .

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Any time!

[@marlenjeangraulau2221]

@@daveslittlebeasties I know, and that is very special Dave 👍🙂‼️

[@thecatsmeow9972]

Love your educational info !

[@nycisme9290]

Geez you are organized! How long does it take to feed the whole lot? A hundred spiders in one box! I was biting my nails. And your new additions of 51 Brazilian jewels! but you never said what the first ones were.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Their a surprise 😂😂😂👍

[@joshstarantulas]

thanks man!! I have been nervous to order and keep slings but I feel between you and other keepers I feel more confident to do so! I wish I had this information years ago when I tried to breed my rose hairs!!

[@daveslittlebeasties]

You can do it!

[@No-Name-Killa]

Love the video Dave, just want to ask if you have many scorpions in your collection, I have a golden desert scorpion and an Indonesian Forrest scorpion

[@daveslittlebeasties]

I don’t anymore 👍

[@NukaCupcake01]

Those were some awesome take downs for slings, not alot of KZbinrs in the hobby show the slings feeding, so cool to see 🕷️🕸️🪱🪰

[@thecatsmeow9972]

Do you have tshirts yet with your logo? Don’t recall seeing any advertisement yet…. Would love to have one, Maybe your waiting for your channel to grow larger which it will in no time

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Hopefully have a website and merch in the new year 👍

[@barbhelle5481]

Thank you very much. I will be getting my first spider this spring. I am watching for my daughter to move out next month then get ready for one. My daughter is scared of spiders.

[@effy_kujo]

Dave: should we tell them? Camera Lady: **whispers** noooo Cheeky pair you are 😵🤧🤣

[@daveslittlebeasties]

😂😂😂😂😂❤️

[@graemewright2046]

as usual quality information PROFF from the beastie point of view. great camera work from the camera lady. great video for the collection. thanks guys take care

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Much appreciated!

[@sonny8839]

👏🏻👏🏻go Dave go .!!

[@daveslittlebeasties]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@albarosewilliams7443]

Very interesting video. I can't wait to find out what the mystery spiders are. I like the stirmi, but I'm partial to the blondi. I can't get over 100 in one enclosure! Have you ever had jumping spiders? Thanks for this video. Have a great week.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

I’ve had the odd one 👍

[@lucnadeau2821]

Personally, I wouldn't feel comfortable working with a sling that is smaller than 1/4". It would be difficult to find in the substrate. I helped a friend raise a T. albopilosus sling over a decade ago, using cut up mealworms at first. Eventually, as that sling reach 1" and up, it became more bold and began to tackle small crickets. Now, that person is no longer keeping it. That sling has become a stunning female (Honduran) and is part of my small collection. She never skips feeding unless in premolt. I would definitely be willing to raise slings of my own in the future, just not super tiny ones ;) Stay safe and thanks for sharing :)

[@georgecardiff1946]

Absolutely brilliant Dave, very informative and really useful and very enjoyable, another fantastic job by yourself and camera 📷 lady Dave always a treat to watch.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thanks George 👍❤️

[@danth6684]

Brilliant content as always Dave! Thankyou!

[@sfendzik991]

Wow, this logo panel is fire! Really cool :)

[@mariestubbs4606]

another great vid love the lil ts ...

[@goddamnilovemetal8120]

Nice video Dave, feeding off fruit flies always does my head in

[@dylanjones4348]

Frickin awesome video Dave,I constantly worry about my slings,you help me not to worry about them 😊👍

[@ianofliverpool7701]

It's comforting to imagine politicians come back as meal worms.

[@TryingNotToPanic]

Yay I'm a early bird! Do I get the super worm?:) lol. I love feeding my jumpers fruit flies. Especially the slings. Some of them are bigger than they in fact are so the jumpers are being manhandled by a damn gnat. I have videos of this. Its very cute lmao. But fruit flies running away drives me bananas I like your method! Mine was uh.. custom to me let's say lol. Nice vid@!:)

[@mcdazzio73]

Hi Dave hope ya days going well an what an qmzing vidoe as always keep up the good work

[@bugloverspiderlover8490]

I’m starting to raise common earwigs as feeders for my spiders,they love them and they’re pretty simple to raise,and they are great for slings.

[@noahroy7145]

Cool!

[@daveslittlebeasties]

I have not used those myself 👍

[@howardsend6589]

Quite worrying, but watching this is making me hungry. 😂

[@tarantulasister882]

Fantastic Dave..x🕷❤️

[@ballkeeper6662]

like that A. geniculata, nice way to do them flies

[@Tezz-4444]

They are so skittish at that age lol That would have been cool if you set up the camera on a tripod pointed at them during feeding time and then you walked away and then they all come out and it turns into a feeding frenzy!

[@matthewperkins1334]

as always thank you for the information! we appreciate you

[@rawdawgpendants5490]

I got a Madagascar roach from a pet store and a week later she had babies. Perfect feeders for what i have. My smallest is 1 and 1/2 inches.

[@melissabrown9111]

They don’t look the the birupes simoroxigorum slings but I hope you have some as a surprise! So pretty.

[@ithulah]

Ok, for some reason I have now watched several videos of yours. I used to be scared of spiders but a few creators I watch have helped and your videos are helping too. I now wonder if I should push myself and look for a beginner friendly spider here in Australia.... There are certainly enough spiders in my backyard....

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Wow, thanks! for subbing , I would definitely try one of your friendly spiders to gain some confidence ❤️👍

[@fanbid]

I'm right there with you. I used to be a total arachnaphobe. Started watching Tarantula Kat, and The Tarantula collective, I found Dave later. He Is magnificent. Anyway, a year ago I got my first tarantula. A Tlitocatl Albipilosus, he's spicy as ever but I love the little guy. I've got 4 other spiders now. fear into fascination. Just watching them go about their buisness is wonderful. Get yourself a spider!

[@ithulah]

@@fanbid I've now watched so many of these videos I couldn't help but going on about it to my family when we got together for New Year's! Sadly we can't get any of the exotic spiders here in Australia, we are restricted to Aussie spiders only. I think I've decided on a giant bark jumping spider (Servaea incana) for my first try into the spider world. It's very cool that you are similar to me but further along in the enspideration process! I actually let a tiny little spider I found outside run over my hands yesterday. 🤯 I **never** would have done that before.

[@FC360D]

I learnt a lot from this video I was surprised by the mealworms as I was under the impression they should get removed if not eaten so they don't injure the tarantula during a moult but I guess those would probably get eaten before that was to happen?

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Mario worms can be a problem but I find the small ones are pretty good 👍

[@SimplyAzrail1]

I bought a Lasiodora parahybana but it was much much smaller than I thought. My psalmopoeus irminia already had some size when I got it and it was no problem to feed mealworms right at the beginning. So now I cut the mealworms in half and feed it that way, since getting a whole fruit fly colony for one sling seems a little overkill :x

[@calmsouls4502]

I saw those long spinnerettes and smooth look, and immediately thought "funnel web"

[@susanelizabeth790]

Fantastic video thank you so much Mr and Mrs Dave 🥰🥰🥰

[@silasstingy4700]

your videos are so relaxing ,how many spiders do you currently have ?

[@daveslittlebeasties]

I have no idea. 😂👍

[@noahroy7313]

@@daveslittlebeasties Atta boy Dave 😂😂😂😂😂!

[@noahroy7145]

@@daveslittlebeasties Atta Boy Dave 🤣!

[@tarantulachris9063]

Cool video Dave 💚 I do the same with the fruit fly but but them in the fridge for ten mins before feeding they slow right down makes it easier for me lol

[@lachrymarum_]

that's what i thought he was gonna do. i can't believe they don't fly away as he dumps them out. maybe they aren't as quick as i thought.

[@jamesburton668]

Dave is the Tarantula godfather

[@daveslittlebeasties]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@jamesburton668]

@@daveslittlebeasties don’t own any T’s or any invertebrates but from watching your channel I’m really interested in them now. I bet there are others like me who watch your content regular that aren’t in the hobby. Keep it up mate👍

[@daveslittlebeasties]

@@jamesburton668 Thats awsome thank you so much 👍❤

[@thecatsmeow9972]

Very very informative!!!!!!!!

[@sharonfloyd3101]

Awesome feeding video btw

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@sunbeasts4733]

After a bit of trial and error, I came up with my favorite way of getting the fruit flies out. Just nudge the sponge to one side and let the desired amount climb out, then cup them in a sling vial. When they climb up the sides I put the lid on. Then grab the vial with the spider in it, line them up and gently tap the fruit flies in. It really cuts down on the number of escapees. I used to get them everywhere before I started doing that haha. I've got quite the number of fruit fly eating slings.

[@Muckwickett]

Yayyy

[@3rdbucket]

Nice

[@galeiawilliams7341]

Thank you for that. I love to see all your babies. It is so interesting. I can't stand it. Watching them eat and grow.

[@cheeseburgerfries3986]

I WANT ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE ONES, THE TRAP DOOR ONE, SO LOVELY

[@neilgillmore]

Hi Dave, What happened to the pairing between the two Japanese funnel web spiders.. I seem to have missed it. Did they produce at all ??? .......... Neil.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

She disappeared on the 7.11.21 so fingers crossed she as a sack and is not moulting 😂👍

[@edgufler1122]

Love that you have a vast collection of Tarantulas Dave. I knew that P. irminia would not disappoint in feeding.. they are one of my favorites.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thanks 👍

[@keithgilham9438]

Big spinnerets so are they a funnel web ?

[@melissadanielle629]

So cute 😍

[@rfraser5094]

Nice vid 👍

[@MrCleanLeans]

Wonderful video and information as always! I don't use fruit flies myself. I just let my slings scavenge off of prekilled roaches that have been eviscerated (I'm like the mama balfouri who catches a large dubia to feed her babies😂). I tried fruit flies 1x and my wee one (Neischnocolus sp. Panama) ran from them🤣 then I gave him a rump of roach and he took it. Then later that night 50 escaped fruit flies tried to end my life. Thanks for all you and Camera Lady do!🙂

[@MARKYMARKSSPIDERSNBUGS]

I have glued a small funnel to a sling pot, which I fill with flies using a big funnel. Easier to dispense just a couple.

[@Lupus2008]

is that a funnel web sling?

[@daveslittlebeasties]

?????❤️

[@djowtaspi3590]

Hey Dave, my favorite of them all, i always look foward to your videos, so nice to layback and let Dave mind his business.. 😉👏🏽👏🏽 If i just may say this stupid little pointer, especially when it comes to slings.. or when you are coverin more then 1 or 2 Tarantulas, is to put the name of that type of spider, just somewhere on screen it helps out allot, because with slings you can guess your ass off, and you would not even come close.. i'm i right, there is not so much differents, i'm not saying wat you should do,.. 😅🤜🏽🤛🏽 dont get me wrong.. i'm a 1-armed (in the hobby) superfan.. i was there when the channel started to move.. you have a lot of younger people in your subscribers, so it's just a hint.. keep it up, and i will follow.. CHEERS DAVE AND MARVELOUS CAMERAWORK-LADY... ho is not to be forgotten‼️‼️ Much love to you both.. ‼️🤩🥰🤩‼️

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Hi my friend I didn't put their names up becouse it was more about sizes and technique when feeding rater than the spiders them selves 👍

[@georgecypher4568]

Good info there Dave .... When you pulled out the communion pot of 100 and started to feed all the meal worms my mind started to wonder and try and figure out but........ Roughly....... how many beasties are occupying the small nooks and crannies of the Beastie Room ? Curiosity got the best of me .......

[@cynthialbell521]

Hi Dave I really have learned so much about tarantula's. I went to a science center, and they had a friendly tarantula. I asked if I could hold it, and they said yes. I always wanted to hold one. It was a pink knee. I am not afraid of spiders, and was excited to hold her. I love in Florida USA. I always wondered how you fed them. Excellent video.🕷️🕸️Cindy

[@Terri_Swift]

Love your videos, Dave. I have learned a lot from you.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@DarkdragonKev]

I keep hearing people about "flightless fruitflies" but the only thing close that I can find in my country are curly-wing flies. What are the scientific names for the flightless fruitflies? I have a little T. Seladonia sling that I wanna feed with fruitflies since she doesn't want to eat so often. I don't know if you will see this Dave, but I'm so grateful for your content. You and other content creators have thought me so much about Tarantulas. You've especially learned me a lot about the Seladonia. I loved watching your Seladonia videos so much that I decided to get my own 😁 She's two weeks old now and absolutely adorable and gorgeous. And very adventurous 😂

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Have you tried your local live food supplies or maybe even just leave some fruit out and you will have a culture in no time 👍

[@DarkdragonKev]

@@daveslittlebeasties Yeah, the only thing they have Curly-Wing flies (Musca domestica). I did get her to eat very tiny buffalo worms (or pieces of one) though. I will try to catch them indeed, see how that will go. Though having them being able fly might become and issue but i will see how it goes.

[@ArDeeMee]

@@DarkdragonKev You could put the flies in the fridge, which makes them slow. Or in the freezer to kill them.

[@amyesworldcatherinesminime7945]

Wow. That's a lot of mouths to feed! Keeping one spider is wasteful on food though. I could only find a large pot of flies when my P. regius was due to arrive. He ate 12, I had to throw the rest!. Nice video again Team Beastie.

[@noahroy7145]

Hey Dave! I think the mystery slings at the beginning of the video are Macrothele Gigas ( Japanese Funnelweb ). The way you described them fits them only too well. So, i`ve not been feeling my best the past few days Dave and your videos along with other KZbinrs have been one of the few things i look forward to, since i can`t really do anything since i`m sick. Thanks Dave! I think it`s finally starting to go away though. See you tomorrow Dave! At the time of writing this, it`s Wednesday. Take care Dave!

[@daveslittlebeasties]

❤️❤️❤️Hope you feel better soon ❤️❤️

[@noahroy7145]

@@daveslittlebeasties Thanks Dave! I feel much better now, i think i`m almost back to normal.

[@drakemcfee9138]

Gigas? Long spinnerets and hard shell look...oh looks very friendly🙃 5:56

[@IamValak-j9e]

looks like those Japanese funnelweb

[@keithwoodbridge1220]

Brilliant if not slightly hypnotic 😵‍💫

[@Ulfr-]

They look like tiny funnelwebs with those long spinnerets.

[@pythonpatrolexotics]

I thought so as well

[@klaskristian1]

I always put the pot of fruitflies in the fridge for 5 minutes before i poured them in. Personally i always keep small ventilation holes in sling enclosures. I rather moist more often than risking stuffy moist enviroments

[@noahroy7145]

👍

[@edgufler1122]

Yes that is a good tip on chilling the fruit flies before use. Kinda puts them to sleep but they are still alive. I seen that tip on youtube someplace.

[@klaskristian1]

@@edgufler1122 Yes exactly. It puts them down to a dorment stage when adding them into the sling enclosure. After a minute or 2 they comes up to temperature and starts moving again. The pro wuth this method is that you font have flies all over the place

[@edgufler1122]

@@klaskristian1 Yes when I got my very first fruit fly culture and they started breaking free from their pupae stage. I had zillions of them climbing to the top of the culture container.. I said to myself .. how am I going to remove to remove the top without hundreds of them escaping and crawling all over my desk. Ed laughs

[@nevadarice1226]

I dont know if its readily available over there but insecta slip/fluon works great for keeping fruit flies from climbing

[@horsecrazykrissy]

Awesome video as always. Thank you for all of the great information. You probably already know this, but just in case you don't, there is a stone lost from the ring on your right hand.

[@Akiko092]

Hi Dave, I love your videos as they make me want to raise spiders myself. One thing I've noticed that changed compared to your older videos, the sound volume is peaking very often. Is there anything you could do to improve the audio? I really enjoy your voice and your presentations, so that change would make all the difference in the world. Thank you for all the information and keep on making these amazing videos!

[@daveslittlebeasties]

I think it’s when the mic gets closer to me and then moved away?

[@CatFromFL]

Do you have them arranged by type, name, geographic (environment needed), age, or other?

[@daveslittlebeasties]

No all random 😂👍

[@kevintyler9681]

When I feed my slings fruit flies I use a Frida snot sucker its in the baby aisle at any store its much like an entomologist aspirator. I suck the flies up and tap them in the sling vials. Fruit fly culture media recipes are easy to find online.

[@hoekdf]

When stayed with mom in the wild, what do they eat there. ? Do they eat leftovers from mom, or are there little nats or other little critters in mom's nest. I thought the nests look very clean, and there would be nothing to eat.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

They don't eat anything until they disperse and then they hunt anything they can hold onto .

[@gutz323]

Hi dave! Another great video. Just wondered where you get them pots with the sponge in the lid? I have not seen them for sale. Or do you make them yourself?

[@daveslittlebeasties]

They are old fruit fly pots , I think the spider shop may sell them 👍

[@drxpy8841]

where's the air holes

[@daveslittlebeasties]

For what my friend?

[@darrenmusgrove503]

Quick question Dave do u leave the mealworms in with the sling or take them out after 24hrs ? If they burrow in the substrate will they hurt the sling ?

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Small mealworms are generally ok as long as the slings are not really small 👍