Sodaboy1978
Arachnopeon
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- Sep 25, 2010
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One Versicolor Molted. Looking good at an inch.
Really depends on how YOU take care of them.I don't want to hijack but I was just wondering about something.
If you buy a sling and do everything you can to take care of it, what are the chances it will make it to adulthood? Like if you buy 10 slings can you expect 8 to die and just a couple make it?
I'm trying to figure out what I want to get as my first T and slings are a lot cheaper than adults but I want something that's actually going to live.
Most of them die in nature because of predators, accidents, adverse conditions, etc. Take baby sea turtles for example. Hundreds hatch, but by the time they make the short dash from the nest to the ocean, more than half get picked off by birds, rats, etc. Once they are in the ocean, they then have to contend with fish, eels, etc. Only a couple actually make it to maturity. But if you caught those same turtles as soon as they emerged, and raised them in a safe environment, almost all of them would survive.He said that in nature, whenever an animal has many offspring, most of them die and only a low percentage of them live to adulthood.
Eh I guess you have to way it out. Bigger price tag for a bigger one or by a few slings at a time.Yeah that does make sense. It's pretty awesome, makes me less weary of getting a sling.
But surely they're still harder to care for right?
I wouldn't say that per se. They can be, I suppose, if you haven't done your research. Although I guess sometimes slings die for no apparent reason. We've been caring for two versi slings that have done fairly well (as you can tell from the horribly blurry pics we both posted LOL). Mine just molted, hubby's looks like it will molt at any time and the other two Ts we have seem to be thriving.Yeah that does make sense. It's pretty awesome, makes me less weary of getting a sling.
But surely they're still harder to care for right?
Exactly.Most of them die in nature because of predators, accidents, adverse conditions, etc. Take baby sea turtles for example. Hundreds hatch, but by the time they make the short dash from the nest to the ocean, more than half get picked off by birds, rats, etc. Once they are in the ocean, they then have to contend with fish, eels, etc. Only a couple actually make it to maturity. But if you caught those same turtles as soon as they emerged, and raised them in a safe environment, almost all of them would survive.
Yes, they are definitely harder to care for than an adult.Yeah that does make sense. It's pretty awesome, makes me less weary of getting a sling.
But surely they're still harder to care for right?