Please help with my bird eating <span title="spider!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...?">spider!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...</span>

Question

my salmon pink bird eater is due a skin shed and when i looked in its tank i noticed lots of little tiny crickets babys running about and was wandering wether they could affect the spider during its skin molt, thanks

Answer 1

If you can remove them.

Tiny crickets may not be much of a problem but larger crickets definitely can ( I lost a red knee as I didnt remove a cricket which attacked the spider whilst it was vulnerable - it is not a mistake I will ever make again)

For about 72 hours after a moult the fresh exoskeleton of your spider will be incredibly soft and is easily damaged. Also having a cricket in the environment during a shed can cause great stress to the spider and this can also be dangerous.

Monitor the situation

Answer 2

I don&#039;t know but it might eat the crickets but probly not