Cyriopagopus Hati Hati matured in a year?

[KdeBruyn]

I have a cyriopagopus sp.hati hati who I picked up on May 19th 2019 as a 1cm spiderling. I was really disappointed to find out it matured last night. The colour change was the first sign (blue to brown), much longer legs and skinny look, then I noticed the bulbous pedipalps. He must be like 6cm. I read up online that males live for 3-4 years. Given that he has matured already I don't see him living for very long now. Is this statistic wrong or is my tarantula just a special case?

Also, if anyone knows someone with an adult female Cyriopagopus Hati Hati in the UK that I could purchase I would really appreciate it since I can't find them anywhere.
Thanks,
Kam

 

[Spaceman]

How often did you feed it?

 

[Liquifin]

The 3-4 years lifespan is not really actual statistics, it's just an estimate of possible lifespan, which doesn't really apply at all because the care is an important factor of how fast a tarantula grows and matures. So care factors such as feeding and heating and other factors can cause your tarantula to grow either faster or slower, in your case, it grew faster. So nothing really wrong here in terms of growth and there really isn't any special case as it's just normal. Don't expect to be surprised if someone's specimen grew faster or slower as it's all just dependent on the care at the end of the day.

 

[KdeBruyn]

How often did you feed it?

Same as all of my other tarantulas, every Sunday

 

[korg]

Doesn't sound like there's anything wrong or unusual going on... males maturing in a year or so is about how I define a "fast growing" species. Not sure where you read about their lifespan online, but always good to take that stuff with a grain of salt. Real world experience always gives you a better idea of what to expect! Good luck finding him a mate.

 

[octanejunkie]

Cut back to feeding every 3-4 weeks if you want to prolong his life

 

[Nik2894]

There are a few UK sellers I’ve seen with female Hati Hati (so many legs and creatures from the north) incase you wanted to get your guy a GF

 

[Nik2894]

There are a few UK sellers I’ve seen with female Hati Hati (so many legs and creatures from the north) incase you wanted to get your guy a GF