Hi everyone.
I'm new to this Forum and this is my first T: L parahybana.
I was told that it's a female and that it's about 5 years old but she seems kinda small for her age. She is about 17 cm large.
Could you tell if she's a female by the picture? Sorry if the picture is dark.
Going with female, remember with inverts size and age are not relevant as with other animals ex. mammals as growth can be drastically altered by feeding frequency, temperature etc...
@Flexzone Thanks so much for your comment. Her previous habitat was much dryer as it should be, not sure about the temperature, I'm keeping her at 70% humidity and 25°C. Also not sure about feeding but I think she was fed less frequently than should.
Best regards from Croatia!
@Casey K Thank you for your advice
A friend of mine told me that feeding her too frequently shortens her life and that I should feed her twice a month with 1 Zoophobas and 2 crickets. Is that true about shortening their lives?
There is speculation that they only have X number of moults in their lives and that powerfeeding and forcing frequent moults could shorten their lifespan overall.
What is more of a concern is that adult tarantulas with really huge abdomens can sometimes suffer from rubbing wounds that can get serious sometimes. Also, you wouldn't want her to be able to fall even a couple of inches because she could injure her abdomen that way as well.
As long as you take precautions against injury, you could feed her more often to promote moulting and growth. She still has a bit of a way to go before she reaches her potential full size.
@Marija Takac If you had a male then yes, but females can live for 10 years easy some sp 30 years, so feeding her frequently wont drastically dent her lifespan, I would just be concerned with a obese T walding a large abdomen that can thus be easily injured. Lp are quiet voracious eaters and rather large Ts so feeding her a couple crickets once a week should be alright.
@Marija Takac absolutely. The more you feed them, the more they molt and the closer they get to maturing. I usually power feed mine until they reach juvie stage and then slow them down so that I can enjoy them. It really depends on the species. Some species grow fast without power feeding....L. Pary are one of those species. She seems to be a decent size now. It was just some info for you to go on. Some people power feed to enter breeding projects....they power feed the male to maturity or the female to another molt for a better outcome of a sac. . It just depends on that person and why they want to do it.
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