I was away for a couple of days over the weekend and really missed the little spider. I had checked with the experts on a tarantula forum that as long as the temperature and humidity was OK and that there were no left over food items (alive or dead) in the sling pot there was no issue leaving her.
On my return the baby spider was happily crouched on the heated side of the pot. I immediately caught a micro cricket and dropped it down the feeding vial. The response was amazing! The nano-second that the cricket hit the substrate the spiderling shot across at it and grabbed it! I was so proud of my little spider!
I sat and watched her eat for a bit - she seemed quite pleased with herself. I could see the tiny dead cricket in her jaws, despite it being so small the little sling stood up on "tip toes" to eat. I left her alone for a bit and when I returned she was warming herself and chilling out after her meal.
There was a real sense of happiness and pride at watching my new charge hunt and eat using her natural instincts, which I'm sure all tarantula keepers know about.
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