P Irminia growth speed

[BobGrill]

I'v read these guys are somewhat fast growers, but how are they compared to pokies or avics for example?

 

[Poec54]

Moderately fast, but not as fast as cambridgei or pulcher, and not as fast Poecs.

 

[sbullet]

cambridgei's grow at an ungodly fast rate. lol. 2 molts ahead of my irminia always. have had it molt twice in one month starting at 2.5''

 

[SuzukiSwift]

When i got mine it was an inch and now after a year it is 4” if that helps =)

 

[BobGrill]

Thanks, that certainly helps. Mine is probably close to 3/4 of an inch, so obviously I have a while to go before I start seeing anything that impressive. Keeping my fingers crossed for female.

 

[Poec54]

Keeping my fingers crossed for female.

Best way to get a female is to buy 3 slings of a species at a time. Otherwise you can easily invest a year or two in a male and have to start all over.

 

[freedumbdclxvi]

Best way to get a female is to buy 3 slings of a species at a time. Otherwise you can easily invest a year or two in a male and have to start all over.

Or send the male off and get half a sac. Get a few hundred slings, you're guaranteed a female that way, too.

 

[BobGrill]

Best way to get a female is to buy 3 slings of a species at a time. Otherwise you can easily invest a year or two in a male and have to start all over.

I'm hoping for a female, but if I end up with a male I know I can always send the male off and get a few slings. I don't think we're seeing it the same. It's not a race or a competition in which I'll have to "start all over" if I end up with a male. I can't just go around buying multiple individuals of the same species due to finances and available space. I hope to become a big collector and breed a few someday, but that'll be when I have a place of my own and a steady source of income. Ts might be cheaper than most exotics, but they still cost some money to care for you know

 

[Kazaam]

Growth speed depends a lot if not entirely on the conditions the spider is living in.

 

[BobGrill]

Growth speed depends a lot if not entirely on the conditions the spider is living in.

That's a good point. I also tend to feed mine a lot when they're small.

 

[jellyfishrhythm]

I received a P. irminia sling as a freebie with an order, teeny-tiny little bugger, maybe 3rd instar. I didn't notice a ton of growth after the first two molts with me, but once he/she got to molt #3, he/she exploded. Literally. The Jabberwocky (I name all of my spiders) has easily surpassed all of the other slings I received right around that time, and shows no signs of slowing down. The fact that he/she never turns down a meal probably helps, too ;-) ...evil little sucker. Though, I gotta say, on the whole, out of all my little ones, the fastest grower is my OBT. Holy cow. Rapidly expanding furry orange ball of hate.

 

[Yentlequible]

out of all my little ones, the fastest grower is my OBT. Holy cow. Rapidly expanding furry orange ball of hate.

Tell me about it... My first OBT is still a little sling, and he's molted 3 times with me already in just a couple months. This last molt nearly doubled his size and all of his orange colors just came out of nowhere.