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I haven't had her that long...maybe 6 months? She's only molted once with me...That's impressive. How long have you had it?
I haven't had her that long...maybe 6 months? She's only molted once with me...That's impressive. How long have you had it?
I'm pushing 3'2" these days...you need to be more observant.
If you guys really want to do this...you need one of those grids that are in 1 inch increments...I think I've seen TravisK post a pic of his spder on one. This way, the spider can be measured from all angles.
You need to have a uniform method of measurement.
ude don't measure it for proof until it hardens!!!
Hi everybody! At first I have to say, I'm not an experienced T keeper and I don't have any "big" T's yet.......but I think, the OP's intention with this thread was to have some fun and to see some nice pictures......I think it's very hard to make rules and set standards about measuring live T's. For example...what is "normal" position? Not stretched out? Some of my T's like to rest in a more stretched position than the others. I see differences even between T's from the same species. If the legs are not stretched, you can only guess, what the true size of the spider is. In my opinion, the only truly objective method is to measure the T's with fully stretched legs. But how can you measure a living T ( especially terrestrial ) with fully stretched legs? It's hard...it can be done with molts, but the actual size of the T can be bigger than the size of the molt.............And what's my point with this?......I think, in this case, you don't have to be 100% objective.....Come on boys and girls!...Just have some fun.....
Actually RobC has a point. Try it. It depends on how far away the object is from the camera and the angle the picture was taken. A quarter placed closer to the camera than the T will appear larger than if that same quarter was placed further from the camera than the T.