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Is it worth it to get this species at a 1" sling? Do they really take that long to grow?
Their rate is glacial.Is it worth it to get this species at a 1" sling? Do they really take that long to grow?
It sucks that we're only allowed one rating per post. For this one i wanted to hit the funny, award and creativity...i'll go for the funny, but just so you know, this postBlondes in Arizona take about 18 years to mature give or take a few. That's physical though, psychological maturity is a whole different thing.
It's funny you should say that I have a Aphonopelma gabeli juvenile male who as been with me since 2013 and he's moulted once he eats once out of ever 10 feeders I offer him. Yet I've got an Aphonopelma serratum adult male that matured in just 2.5 years and maxed out at 3.5" so go figure these Aphonopelma are a strange bunchlol I have had a sub adult male A. chalcodes since late 2012 and it STILL hasn't molted once! I guess he's in no hurry to mature and die...
Quite so! Don't want him to molt ever either... He's just the cutest thing, when he hooks out he will be all uggo!!It's funny you should say that I have a Aphonopelma gabeli juvenile male who as been with me since 2013 and he's moulted once he eats once out of ever 10 feeders I offer him. Yet I've got an Aphonopelma serratum adult male that matured in just 2.5 years and maxed out at 3.5" so go figure these Aphonopelma are a strange bunch
That's the thing although my A serratum is still a beautiful species even though he hooked out, I still get what you mean about them being cute I think it works with some other species of slow growers like Brachypelma,Grammostola and I think for me it's because they don't hit that leggy stage like lp,phormic,Pamphobeteus etc. Aphonopelma,Brachypelma and Grammostola just look like shrunk down versions of their adultsQuite so! Don't want him to molt ever either... He's just the cutest thing, when he hooks out he will be all uggo!!
He IS quite handsome... I take it back (with this species - others still kinda do ugg out, like pokies and psalmops)A. chalcodes never look uggo! My mature male "Ricky" who I caught as penultimate.
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