Just curious. Thought they would eat any bug, my daughter says no, that spiders are poisonous.
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Can my 1 yr. old eat spiders?
kulkat
Jun 28, 2003 11:32 PM
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Rouen
Jun 29, 2003 01:20 PM
all spiders are poisonous but I've heard of turtles eating them before, you might wanna look into this though I'm no expert.. I could be wrong
good luck!
PHBoxTurtle
Jun 29, 2003 08:29 PM
>>Just curious. Thought they would eat any bug, my daughter says no, that spiders are poisonous.
I know some birds eat spiders, not the big hairy kinds, but I have seen birds pick off the kinds that live on flowers and plants. I see spiders running around my turtles pens all the time but I have never seen the turtles take an interest in them. Maybe they are too fast. I would not actually collect spiders and feed them to your 1 year old turtle, but if she was to ever go after one on her own I wouldn't worry about it. Turtles eats lot of insects that are unappetizing.
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vidusa
Jul 02, 2003 02:41 PM
My box turtle regularily eats trantulas, wolf spiders, black widows, and others that I find out side and around the house. Its actually quite interesting to see one kill a tarantula and eat it. take care collecting them. I'd recommend dusting them with calcium or vitamins before. The hair on siders work well in holding the dust. I would avoid scorpions because it could get hurt.
