Not Hungry?

Over the last few days since my last post I have offered the spiderling food twice, on both occasions it has been spectacularly ignored!

On the first instance I added a bean weevil, which had at last hatched, and settled down to watch. It's important to observe the sling feeding if possible to keep an eye on its health and happiness.

The weevil wandered about in the sling pot, and seemed intent on having a good drink in the condensation on the walls. Once his thirst was slaked he walked right up to the baby spider (I'm not really liking the name I gave her earlier so its back to the drawing board on that one) and sat under her legs! The spider didn't even move!

I watched for about half and hour in total and then left them to it. On returning a couple of hours later the weevil and spider were still happily cohabiting so I took the former out and put it back in the weevil pot.

I wondered whether the spiderling just didn't like weevils, so two days later I put a micro cricket in. Again the spider seemed disinterested and the cricket even walked up to her and under her body and started playing beneath the spiders mouth parts! This cricket was seriously taking the pee! Brave or stupid its not clear, but the cricket survived.

So I'm not sure if the sling is preparing to moult, two days since the last feeding attempt she hasn't shown any signs. Maybe she's just not hungry?

I know that tarantulas go of their food sometimes, and having G.rosea I know all about this! They really do have some funny feeding habits.

I hope the little spider is OK, and I don't know what to do other than offer some more food tomorrow if she hasn't moulted by then. Fingers crossed.