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17-09-2007, 02:09 PM
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Chili not eating
Hi
my mate got an adult chili about 2 weeks ago and he has offered it food, at the moment there is still 3 locusts in there! The locusts were offered about 3 days after he got her, and she has still not eaten and its been just over a week now. We have changed her into a smaller viv to see, and so far nothing yet is there anything that may be the reason? I will admit, I know nothing about spiders, never kept them, but from what I can tell, she is on the correct type of substrate, humidity is high like its meant to, and she has a heat mat giving an air temp of info I got from here, cant remember what it was, I just got the info and set it up for him. So, I followed all instructions on a care sheet for him to get the set up, she has hides, etc. but still nothing Any ideas?
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 1 Male and 1 Female Royal - Steve & Nancy 1 Male Corn Snake - Raph, 1 Ghecko - Homer, 1 Female Chile Rose - Jamie, 1 Chinchilla - Bobby, 1 Nutty Labrador - Poppy Sorry if I offend anyone, or sound random at times, dont mean to....Boredom does that to me lol! 
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17-09-2007, 02:13 PM
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right its not uncommon for a chilean rose to not eat for months on end 6-7 months isnt even uncommon, I definately wouldnt be worrying 2 weeks is nothing, keep offering once a week, if its not eaten in 24 hours take it out and try again.
Another thing could be a possible upcoming shed.
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17-09-2007, 03:12 PM
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Chile's dont like it too wet, what is the humidity?
Its common for adult chile not to eat, my male went 8 months after his mature moult without eating. I wouldn't worry just yet, a couple of weeks is nothing really.
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17-09-2007, 03:20 PM
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Cool, I will let him know
I will only use crickets if really needed, cant stand them things!!! Thats why I use locusts instead as they cant escape as easy, and dont make a noise or smell! I would say she was an adult, she is just smaller than the average hand size (About 9cm or so from side to side) so I am not sure if she has fully grown or not so not sure about the chances of it being that she is coming up for a shed Dunno about humidity, he sprays the tank everytime he feels that the substrate is bone dry thanks for the info people, I will pass it all onto him, hopefully it will let him relax more Its just she was his 1st pet, so he is a bit "oh my god,what to do" with her, but she is a great animal, he handles her and she is not skittish, although not the sort of thing I would do lol! I dont even handle my emperors!
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1 Male and 1 Female Royal - Steve & Nancy 1 Male Corn Snake - Raph, 1 Ghecko - Homer, 1 Female Chile Rose - Jamie, 1 Chinchilla - Bobby, 1 Nutty Labrador - Poppy Sorry if I offend anyone, or sound random at times, dont mean to....Boredom does that to me lol!
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17-09-2007, 03:31 PM
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in the wild they live in the deserts of northern Chile, the moisture they get in the wild comes from food as it hardly ever rains, a water dish is all they need.
But I dont recon thats the reason shes not eating, could just be one of those strange chillean rose things
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17-09-2007, 03:36 PM
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With a chile there could be numerous or no reasons for it not to eat, thats just the way they are.
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17-09-2007, 03:38 PM
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