What can I feed my tarantula?

All this means is feeding your cricket, which is more than likely going to be your Tarantulas main food source nutritious foods. This ensures that the food you feed your cricket will be passed on to the Tarantula. read more

Tarantulas in captivity are very easy to feed and can live their whole lifespan on nothing but a diet of insects. Crickets are the most common food for these spiders. The majority of tarantulas require only one or two crickets to be fed to them per week. read more

Feeding your Tarantula. Not only is feeding inexpensive and easy, it can be enjoyable too. All pet tarantulas are insectivores, meaning they eat insects! However, do keep in mind that they are also opportunists, meaning, if given the chance, some tarantulas are able to subdue small lizards, snakes, birds and even mammals such as mice. read more

My daughter breeds cockroaches to feed her tarantulas (she has 8 at last count, I believe), lizards and vinegaroon. The roaches eat food that was going bad in our fridge, so the cost of maintaining them is nil. She also has a mealworm colony and throws a few of them in as well for variety. read more