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Originally Posted by royalbabylover
Well the Tarantula has been eating like nothing I've seen considering she only came 2 days ago.
She ate a butterfly + 3 locusts the first night and another 4 locusts today.
Here is the website I bought her from. She is a 'red' chilean rose according to that. I think it's probably just a brighter colour than the ordinary 'rose' coloured ones?????
I've never owned one before so I have no idea really.
Tarantulabarn.com - STORE - Chile Rose RCF (Powered by CubeCart) |
I'd be careful feeding her things like that. Wild-collected insects very often contain parasites that can pass on to your tarantula. They can also be contaminated by chemicals or be poisonous. Considering how cheap store-bought crickets are, and how little tarantulas eat, I'd stick with store-bought prey items. Also take care not to overfeed her.
As for the "red" confusion, your tarantula is a Chilean rose-haired tarantula,
Grammostola rosea (the website misspells it "Gramm
astola"). The same as any rose-hair. Yours is just redder, known as a "red color form", which is what the "RCF" on that page stands for.
That said, she looks good!
