my jumping spider will not eat and he has not molted for a long time and he has only had one molt in are care and i also think he is about an i5. i’ve tryed him on mealworms and crickets i also believe he has had 2 or more meals with me
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I may not be the best help. I will give my input until others chime in. Be best to get type of jumper, setup information (pics if possible) and approximate age of jumper from you if possible. From my knowledge jumpers molt a bunch to start then eventually slow down and stop. I have a jumper but it has not been in my care long. In the several months I have had this jumper it has molted once or twice but was tiny when I got it. I assume your has not molted again due to not eating or is aduIt size (just guessing with information given). Mine has not been interested in crickets or mealworms at this time. It likes fruit flies and smaller house flies currently. You may want to try other feeders if your jumper seems interested in current feeders but will not eat them. Try a smaller size if they seem intimidated by the current size offered. Hopefully others will chime in with more knowledge than me on jumpers. Mine is limited and may not be the most accurate.
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thanks for this help I belive my spider is an i5 if you know what that means i think ive had him for 8 or 7 month and has hurgley eaten. he has molted onece and i kepted the molt and he has goten out but found him
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I will repeat that I do not have a bunch of experience with spiders. Just using the very small amount of information I have. If the jumper has not ate well for you since in your care I would try to change a few things. To start the enclosure is kinda barron. No offense I have seen similar setups work. I personally would add some clutter to give the jumper some security. If the room the jumper is in is cold I would try to setup in a different room. I believe they like to hunt and eat when they are not cold. My jumper is in my snake room that stays in the upper 70’s on most days. Offer different feeder like I suggested above. I have fed large wild jumpers around my home extra fruit flies I have when I see them with a small adomen. They love them. They do not always eat huge feeders. Other than that I do not have any other advice for you besides leaving it alone until he eats for you. I will include my current setup for my jumper (smaller setup). It was so small when I got the jumper that the smaller setup worked better on it finding food. It ate within the first 5 minutes of being in the setup. I usually wait and feed after they settle in but this ones adomen was smaller and figured it was hungry. Then the new one I put together this weekend (larger setup). Hope this helps you and hope others chime in with more information than I am able to provide.
Small Setup
New larger setup
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it looks like he is in the last one and i will go and get some fruit flies tommorow since the place i get the feed from is now closed im thinking of also getting small crickets for him aswell. is the set up i have for him is fine then?
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Yea the enclosure size looks good. I would still try and add something in there eventually to take some void space up and give it some extra climbing spots. Keep in mind once jumpers get old they cannot grip slick surfaces as well as they use to. Some eventually cannot at all. It does look moist in the enclosure. I maybe seeing things wrong. I usually only mist one spot on a wall for drinking water then the substrate I mist for humidity if needed.Good luck and hopefully your jumper will get back eating for you.
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i hope he will start to eat as well and you are right just before i took that pic i misted him i will buy some decor for him tommorow and do you think small crickets and fruit flies will be best for him?
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At this point whatever you can get the jumper to eat would be good. I would stick to the most common items people feed them like crickets, mealworms, fruitflies, and houseflies (if you can get these). Your best option would probably be the crickets or/and fruit flies. If you notice no interest or scared go smaller or another option if possible. It is a bummer when a pet will not eat. If you offer a smaller meal be prepared to offer more than one if the jumper is still interested. In the case of fuit flies several lol. Reading back on your past statement about the escape mine did the same thing for about 4 days straight. I would go into the room and it was sitting on the shelf next to its enclsoure. I would put it back in and feed it then good till it was hungry again. Finally after 4 days I got the jumpers booty big enough it could not escape via the air holes in the enclosure.
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he did not get tho the air holes lol my mum had him on the side and the wind blow him over found him with in 24h she he was fine my mum found him on her wash basket lol
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Okay your spider is definitely not an i5, he’s older than that. To me he looks like he’s an adult or just one or two molts away but the picture isn’t very clear. Fruit flies are gonna be too small for him but he mightttt eat them, i suggest really any prey that’s just slightly smaller than him. Also maybe try a food bowl and prey that can’t escape it, he may have an easier time eating from the bowl.
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Believe someone else chimed in that maybe able to offer more help than me. Should work. The decor in the cage does not matter on looks. I just like a jumper to have some cover for a hammock and some extra climbing options. Have seen people use some really basic stuff and make some nice functioning enclosures. They do not have to be natural looking. I have seen themed enclosures using toys and other interesting things. Hopefully the food items work for you.
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Yea I figured fruit flies will be small. I have just had good luck feeding any jumper no matter the size them. They were all wild jumpers tho. I have very little experience with captive jumpers or jumpers in captive care as stated above. Was just giving info that I have since no one else was chiming in. Figured it was worth a try since it seems the person has tried several things. I always give all possibly food options a try if something is not eating. That is what I do with my other animals. If one of my reptiles is not eating I offer something different or a different size. Figured the same goes with spiders. Besides making sure /setup environment is good first.
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There are small crickets in the for him to see I’ve heard will not eat the fruit flies and will aqua plants be good as well?
There are aqua plants as well did not show in the pic because I got them at a different store I hope it will be ok for him and a good water source
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Just eating
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He is eating a small cricket now
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