Slings
Young Pumpkin Patch Tarantulas usually eat more regularly because they are growing and moulting more often. Offer small prey to Hapalopus formosus in sensible portions and remove leftovers before they spoil.
If a Pumpkin Patch Tarantula sling suddenly stops eating, premoult is one common explanation. Keep water available and do not keep adding live prey.
Juveniles
Juvenile Hapalopus formosus can normally take larger meals than slings, but the interval should still follow body condition rather than a fixed weekly rule.
If the abdomen of a Pumpkin Patch Tarantula already looks very full, wait before feeding again. More food is not automatically better husbandry.
Adults
Adult Hapalopus formosus can go much longer between meals than fast-growing slings. Offer suitable prey, then let appetite and abdomen condition guide the next feed.
A large adult Pumpkin Patch Tarantula does not need to eat simply because seven days have passed. A healthy tarantula can tolerate gaps that would be unusual for a mammal.
Premoult and fasting
When Hapalopus formosus appears to be in premoult, remove live feeders and stop offering more until after the moult and hardening period.
Food refusal in Pumpkin Patch Tarantulas can also follow a rehouse or occur with mature males. Check the whole context before changing prey or feeding more often.
Simple records
Record feeds, refusals and moult dates for Hapalopus formosus if you keep several spiders. A short note is enough to show whether a long fast is unusual for that individual.
Those dates are more useful for a Pumpkin Patch Tarantula than forcing every spider onto the same feeding calendar.