Blog - Eight Legged Life

Tong Feeding vs. Free-Range Feeding: Which Method is Better?

Tong feeding vs. free-range feeding for tarantulas: safety, stress, feeding frequency, efficiency, prey choice, and care tips.

Safely remove an uneaten bolus from a tarantula's enclosure: tools, risks, cleanup/disposal, and prevention tips for pet care.

Can house roaches feed tarantulas? Risks of wild-caught feeders, parasites, diseases, and safer captive-bred options for care.

Tarantula hunger strike: how long is normal, common causes, enclosure checks, feeding tips, illness signs, and when to seek help.

Compare superworms vs mealworms as tarantula feeders: safety, nutrition, risks, sizing, gut-loading, feeding tips.

When not to feed your tarantula: pre-molt signs, other fasts, durations, risks, and care tips for a niche pet tarantula.

Pros and cons of keeping dwarf tarantulas: care needs, housing, feeding, temperament, risks, costs, and species differences.

Visual guide to tarantula poop: distinguish normal vs abnormal, spot health cues, and tips for pet enclosure cleaning.

Tarantula impaction: signs, causes, prevention, care tips, feeding, hydration, enclosure tweaks, when to seek vet.

Definition, signs, causes, diagnosis, treatment, home care, vet guidance, prevention for tarantulas facing SAD.