Beautiful girl. What is her size? And how long did she take to grow to that size? I hear this species is an exceptionally slow grower even for a Brachypelma.
She's around the 5.5 inch mark, I got her as a larger specimen 2 years ago and she has molted once in that time. Unfortunately I can't comment on whether they grow slower than other brachys as I've never raised one up from a smaller size, but if it grows slower than the other brachys I'm raising up then oh my gosh, that'd be really slow (I have a small B. klassi, B. smithi & B. bohemi that haven't molted or even shown any signs of premolt in just over 2 years...)
My smithi baumgarteni and albiceps slings n juvenile all moult quite quickly well every 3 months or so but my other Brachypelma (and I have them all) take forever to moult even as slings , looking at every 6 months or so as they get larger they slow down my emilia is a saf now and she moults maybe once a year but my smithi male even at 5.2 inches or so moults regularly every 6 months and always has for the nearly 3 years I have had him. Temps and food make a difference too I keep my t's at 24-26° during the day depending on the shelf they are on and on a night time I drop temps to 18-20° again depending on shelf. They get fed twice a week as slings till their abdomen gets big then I cut down to once a week adults get fed every week . Basically if you have Brachypelma patients is the key if you want stuff that grows quickly don't get a Brachypelma
The boehmei & klassi did grow at a decent rate until this latest molt cycle to be fair, I got them at 1.5" DLS a year and a bit after I got my first T, they are both around 3" now and have just decided to stop growing I guess lol. The smithi is 2" and has not molted at all in my care, very slow grower. Hopefully they will all molt soon as each one has stopped eating (though I know that's not a guaranteed sign).
Temps and food make a difference too I keep my t's at 24-26° during the day depending on the shelf they are on and on a night time I drop temps to 18-20° again depending on shelf. They get fed twice a week as slings till their abdomen gets big then I cut down to once a week adults get fed every week
Oh for sure, mine are kept at a lower temp, 21 - 23 degrees C all year round with that temp dipping down to 19 degrees during the winter nights, and I just let the temperature rise naturally when the weather gets warmer. I feed slings once a week and 'juveniles' once per week, once per fortnight or once per month dependent on the abdomen size. My adults get fed once per fortnight - once per month again dependent on abdomen size, though my subadult/adult brachys can and have gone multiple months between meals.
For the sake of clarity, I meant that there are no surefire signs of them molting anytime soon (like a darkening abdomen), not that they aren't showing signs of potential pemolt. Me saying there are no signs of premolt in 2 years and then in a later reply saying I hope they molt soon-ish cause they aren't eating is confusing lol.
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