2006-12-21 06:26:49 · 16 answers · asked by bigbear 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
They like little crawling animals. In the wild, they dig burrows and put trip wires of webbing at the entrance, so that they can feel any creature walking at the surface. They can sense the size of the prey from the feel of the vibrations on the web. If the animal is just right, they rush out and attack! Mice are a little too large. Insects are generally what they eat. The easiest thing to provide is crickets, becase you can get them at the pet store.
2006-12-21 06:38:46 · answer #1 · answered by Rebecca T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best thing to feed them is actually crickets, the common house crickets they sell at the pet stores are just fine. Many serious breeders will also feed them things like mice and lizards, but that gets very expensive very quickly. Things like hissing cockroaches and meal worms are also a great meal for a tarantula. They also sell things called butter worms that are also great.
All spiders, tarantulas included will only eat live things, and something like crickets are easily kept alive in captivity, so they can be kept for long periods.
2006-12-21 09:53:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best thing to do with a tarantula is to set it free in its native enviroment and allow it to find its own food.
2006-12-21 06:29:59 · answer #3 · answered by soar 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Insects (like crickets, grasshoppers, flies etc.)
2006-12-21 06:32:15 · answer #4 · answered by CPT Jack 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Purina tarantula chow!!!
2006-12-21 06:30:33 · answer #5 · answered by trucks2 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Ohhhh. I want to see scorpion fight a tarantula...tooo
2006-12-21 06:34:36 · answer #6 · answered by ~Peace~N~Love~ 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Crickets and pinkies (baby mice)
2006-12-21 06:33:57 · answer #7 · answered by msmith7811 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Exotic pets are not a good idea.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004092008,00.html
2006-12-21 06:35:22 · answer #8 · answered by alwaysbombed 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Banana.
2006-12-21 06:29:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
crickets and pinkies (baby mice that were just born)
2006-12-21 06:34:45 · answer #10 · answered by somebody 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋