Would it hurt to feed a black widow chicken?

My boyfriend walked by a black widow’s web in the garage, and put a small piece of chicken in the web. The spider (I call it Colonel Saunders -CS for short) dove for the chicken, spun a web around it, and started eating it.. I was so fascinated that I forgot all about my arachnophobia.. anyway, the next night, the chicken was gone and CS looked a little bigger.. can that harm the spider?

Answer #1

Not sure, but then again I’m also not sure why you are so okay with housing a black widow in your garage….. Lol.

Answer #2

Lmao.. Really, if you knew me, you’d think I’ve gone nutty, or high.. I hate spiders so much.. when I saw my bf with it, I ran by and he said ‘’Wait! It’s eating the chicken!!” So I went screeech and did a U Turn. It was really cool.. and it got scared, so it took its chicken and ran away! It was hilarious!!!

Answer #3

Haha. I don’t think the chicken will be bad for it. Considering the dinner alternative would be flies. You may not want to feed it too much or your house will turn into the local club for BWs all over town. Free food. Colonel Saunders (PLEASE tell me it’s named after Jennifer Saunders!!) may have to find a new home.

Answer #4

Actually, it’s named after the KFC guy.. but I won’t tell you that.. so yeah, cough it’s named after Jennifer Saunders! LOL.. You know how everyone always says ‘’Mm.. this taste just like chicken!’’ We were thinking of what CS thought about the chicken, and she was probably like.. ‘’mmm… taste just like crickets!’’ lol.. yes we are weird, and No, I had nothing better to do. :P

Answer #5

Moe…aren’t those poisonous?!?! O_O

Answer #6

Yes! But it’s soo funny! We don’t play with it.. it just does its thing and we watch.. I think it knows we come in peace :P

Answer #7

OMG, keep feeding it, it could get huge and act as a guard spider. LOL

Answer #8

Ew.. that grossed me out for a second.. Hopefully it will be like Aragog from Harry Potter.. and I will be Hagrid.. and it shall be my squishy :P

Answer #9

Oh so it’s a ‘she’ now?! But she’s named after a man? What a confusing wee life for insy bitsy Colonel Saunders spider!

Answer #10

hah! I call it a ‘’he’’ but my boyfriend said there’s only girl black widows because guys don’t break hearts :P I just passed by it, and it at the piece of bread I put there for it and was working on a June bug… or should I say ‘September’ Bug. :P

Answer #11

Just be careful, and don’t get bit. I think they are deadly. =/

Answer #12

Black Widow eats mainly prey in its web very rarely do they go after food.However they will defend theirselves and if theres one around odds are theres others lurking around too!It has one of the worst bites in the insect species try not to feed it crap but rather try a nice Gernade

Answer #13

They are… I won’t go near enough for it to reach me lol.. I enjoy watching it from a distance. :)

Answer #14

I’ve never known a spider to eat an entire piece of chicken was there a bone in it too ? If it eats chicken like that imagine what it could do to yur skin ADVICE step on it gently if it’ll hurt yur feelings to kill it !!!!!!

Answer #15

I found a black widow spider once. I killed it :D

Answer #16

No, it ate a little piece… the size of a beetle maybe.. I… can’t kill it.. I’d feel like a traitor..

Answer #17

at least wear gloves that things venom will rot out yur skin and could even kill u

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