Sling growth rate

[dtknow]

Apologies beforehand if this question has been answered before but since I didn't find quite what I wanted in the search here goes.

How long would it take for a sling of B. albopilosum or G. rosea to reach respectable size?(say, two inches).

Funny that though I've been browsing here quite a while I have not yet jumped on a T even though it appears right now curlyhairs are coming out of everyones ears.

 

[Mattyb]

Well it depends on how much they eat, like all living things, the more you eat, the faster and bigger you grow. Well thats the way i see it anyways


-Matty

 

[dtknow]

Hehe. I'm looking for personal experience so I can get a general idea. Temps/feeding would be nice as well. From the looks of it it seems to be atleast 2 years.

 

[Mattyb]

Hehe. I'm looking for personal experience so I can get a general idea. Temps/feeding would be nice as well. From the looks of it it seems to be atleast 2 years.

Well i have 2 curly hair slings, i got them when they were .5" I've had them for about 4 or 5 months. I offer them a cricket about everyother day. They both are now 2" and in premolt. They are the first slings i have ever gotten. I keep them at room temp.


-Matty

 

[fleshstain]

i usually keep all my t's right around 80 degrees and feed them on the weekends....my lil curly's are eating about 3-4 small crickets a week....my rose hairs are another story....my mature male is only eating 1-2 large crickets a week....my female, who is probably pregnant, is eating about 7-8 large crickets a week....

 

[Windchaser]

There is no single answer to this question. Too many variables such as temperature and diet affect the growth rate.

I have a dozen or so G. rosea slings that I hatched last December that are barely at the half inch mark now. My B. alpopilosum slings are growing a little faster, but not much. I tend to feed everything once a week and keep the temperatures in the lower 70s in the winter and upper 70s during the summer.

 

[Waryur]

err ya my 2' A. geniculata will eat however many crickets i put in, it never stops eating. The most i ever gave it in one night was 7. My other T's will ignore a cricket after they are full. I just go by feel.

 

[cloud711]

what i do is: I power feed my slings until they reach a certain size like 1 inch. when they reach that size i stop powerfeeding and feed them only 1 or 2 crickets a week.

 

[cloud711]

all t's have different grownth rates. i think curlyhair grows faster than g rosea.

 

[dtknow]

Thanks for the input all! I guess eventually I'll run it by the folks and keep an eye out for some slings in the ads/links.

Is their any terrestrial species that grows relatively quickly? 2 inches in 4-5 months sounds pretty quick already though. I don't mind the young stage taking some time but would rather not be stuck admiring the critter through a magnifying glass for several years.