After refusing to eat for over 6 months, my tarantula, Pandora, finally decided to start eating again.
As to why she just stopped eating for that long, I have no idea. Frankly, I find it amazing that she was able to live that long without eating. Normally she does that prior to molting, but no molt after she stopped.
I figured I would check on her prior to going to bed, and found, much to my joy, that she had the oddly booger like remains of a cricket (or 4?) wadded up in a ball that she was slowly digesting. Quite lovely. Think booger with cricket legs sticking out.
I wonder if possible to teach her some table manners…
You know, I was going to come in here and give you a hard time but now I don’t think so!
Even though I am terrified of your little pet I am glad that it is eating.
But can’t you find something else for it to eat? If I send you a jar of live flies would that save a cricket or two? I’ll get my children right on it.
Now I just have to figure out how to mail a jar of flies.
And explain to the heathens why they are all running around with butterfly nets and little jars.
Eh, it should keep them out of my hair for a while, so we would be killing to birds with one stone, and less crickets.
