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I have a new 2010 female spider. she was hatched on 7-11-10 and shed around 7-19-10. She refused her food on 7-22. She ate a live fuzzy mouse 8-10. I bought her on 8-14. She refused 8-16 and 8-19. It was a frozen fuzzy mouse. Should I try giving her a live until she's eaten a few times? She only weighs 71g, so I'm a little worried of not feeding her. She seems really active. She's in a 6 qt sterilite and she's really active. She's been trying to push the top open and stuff.
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Teresa
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3.0 Dogs (2.0 Chihuahuas, 1.0 Toy Poodle)
1.5 Cats
1.0 Cockatiel
1.0 Indonesian Blue tongue skink

Ball Pythons
0.1 100% Het Albino (Watsini)
1.0 Pastel (Sweets)
0.1 Spider (Daisy)

Feed her live.
Hatchlings are hard to get on frozen/thawed. They like movement.
You can switch her once she's like 400 grams.
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

I switched my pastel who is about a month older than she but he ate 7 times already compared to her once. I think I'm going to try live just to make sure she's willing to eat,. That's my only concern. She's only eaten once in a month and a half and I like her too much to lose her lol
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Teresa
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3.0 Dogs (2.0 Chihuahuas, 1.0 Toy Poodle)
1.5 Cats
1.0 Cockatiel
1.0 Indonesian Blue tongue skink

Ball Pythons
0.1 100% Het Albino (Watsini)
1.0 Pastel (Sweets)
0.1 Spider (Daisy)

Some babies switch over fast, others never do. None of my babies have switched over, so I just feed em what works. (Live)
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

I feed live until the prey barely has a chance to hit the floor of the tub before getting grabbed, then I work on switching to F/T. It's usually a minimum of 5 live feedings before that, sometimes more. Some don't ever seem willing to switch, and I'm generally too impatient to wait them out.
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I'm trying a live hopper mouse right now. I tried to put it next to her and I think it grabbed her or bit her or something but I couldn't find a bite. Is it safe to leave it in there with her??? I have a towel over her tub so that she stays somewhat dark to try to get her to eat.
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Teresa
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3.0 Dogs (2.0 Chihuahuas, 1.0 Toy Poodle)
1.5 Cats
1.0 Cockatiel
1.0 Indonesian Blue tongue skink

Ball Pythons
0.1 100% Het Albino (Watsini)
1.0 Pastel (Sweets)
0.1 Spider (Daisy)