I have a female that grew to 4" in a year....you simnply cannot assume sex by growth rates. IME the slowest growers are almost always male. I know this because when I breed, i always keep the slowest growing runts...in 8 years only twice has a runt been a female.... contrarily, the fastest growers are pretty much an even split male/female, with a slight edge going in favor of female.
Since guessing sex by growth rate is completely UNreliable, there is no reason to believe either way and no evidence to support either way, hence a bet would be pointless.
Cold blood I hope you’re correct. That would be awesome to score a female on my first purchase of the smithi. Like I said I have another smithi growing a lot slower. And if the timing is right I could breed them. We will see.
Cold blood I hope you’re correct. That would be awesome to score a female on my first purchase of the smithi. Like I said I have another smithi growing a lot slower. And if the timing is right I could breed them. We will see.
I keep all my tarantulas room temperature all year round. The tarantulas are in my bedroom and in the summer I have a window AC unit set at 66 that keeps the room around 68-70.
In the winter time I have gas heat that pushes hot air that I set at 68F. All my tarantulas are fed one cricket once a week with the exception the winter time feeding one cricket once every 3 weeks. I also have another smithi sling same size that I bought from a different vendor that same day, and it’s about an inch and a half to 2 inches right now just showing it’s colors. The one I posted here just explodes with size every time it molts and is a giant compaired to the other smithi. I guess this is one of those rare exceptions.
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