Tarantulas ??? Knowledgeable Arachnoid fans in here.

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I use mealworms and have only ever had to buy the single tub of them as they are stupidly easy to keep and breed although I wouldn't use only mealworms for the diet.
Considering the fact you are planning on only getting a rosie you will probably be as well just buying a couple of crickets / locusts each week to feed it, I've never used crickets myself as I'm always reading too much **** about them either the noise or stink or they have mites or even worse are probably contaminated with something and kill the spiders that eat them :mad: or heck they even eat the spiders sometimes :eek: , locusts however I have used and they are easy to manage, quiet and don't smell, though you may want to take some scissors to their jumping legs before offering them :D

this is all assuming it hasn't gone on hunger strike which they seem to do frequently i should add and that you haven't got one with a psycho attitude :p

personally I'd forget getting a rosie and get something with a more reliable temperament and appetite like a Pterinochilus murinus :)
 
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Scientific said:
For the experts who have been keeping Tarantulas for a while now I have a question about the feeding.

I am not too keen on crickets and locust etc.. (odd as I am thinking seriously about getting my first Tarantula) what I wanted to know is that are they as happy with worms?

I am thinking about a Chilean Rose due to reading that it's good for beginners...

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You can use mealworms but they aren't really a viable long term diet. You need crickets/locusts/roaches really.
 
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