GRAMMOSTOLA AUREOSTRIATA growth rate

[cliff]

Hi Snipes,
Very nice web page!
Cliff

 

[rex_arachne]

congrats

thanks Becky.

 

[Bob]

My 6 inch female has not molted in 15 months !!! She has been in premolt and has not eaten in months. Can't wait..............

 

[Aschamne]

I have one that I bought on June 2nd and has only moulted once in my care. Although that moult did increase its size considerably going from an 1 1/4" to 1 3/4".

Art

 

[Stylopidae]

I've had a 4" female G. aureostriata for a year now...and she has yet to moult in my care.

 

[Corranthe]

My G. Aureo seems to have molted twice in my care. I've only actually ever seen the molt once, but has suddenly become significantly bigger so I have to assume there was another molt when I wasn't paying attention and he either burried the molt or ate it. I've had him since June of this year. Got him at 3/4" and the first molt got him only up to about 1". He is now at least 1 1/4". Fast grower compaired to some of the others reports I'm seeing on this thread. Must be male.

 

[The_Thunderer]

Mine is has molted once since I got it... about a month ago. Really did increase in size from about an inch to about an inch and 1/2. Hope its female, but we'll have to wait and see. It ate 2 crickets last night and it was quite the thing to see.

 

[Nitibus]

I picked up a G areostriata in Feb of ths year here is the molting history :

Just picked up :Feb 14th : 1/2 inch
Feb 28th : 3/4 inch
March 17 : 1 inch
April 11 : 1.4 inches
May 18 : 2 inches
June 16th : 2.5 inches
July 30 : 3 inches ( confirmed female )
October 2 ( yesterday ) Looks like 4+ inches


I feed every 3 days, and keep my spider room at 80F. If you ask me she seems to be growing pretty fast !

 

[Anastasia]

I have 1" sling didnt molt since last november
I had it for almost 11mo dont even look like its gona molt any soon

 

[Fingolfin]

Picked up mine in late August, at about a .5" size. It molted this week, and I swear its the same size...

 

[Corranthe]

Picked up mine in late August, at about a .5" size. It molted this week, and I swear its the same size...

Hahaha! Yeah, that is what it seemed like mine did the first molt as well. But after a couple of days of stretching out in it's new skin it looked a little bit bigger.

 

[RottweilExpress]

Kept halfway on a heatpad and getting fed roaches several times a week, mine is molting every 6 week. She grows rather well I think. She's just over 2" now.

 

[Herps&Inverts]

I've found than roseas have unremarkable growth rate. My aureostriata probably grew sluggishly until she hit 1", then her growth boomed over the next year and she grew probably 2". She continues to gain quite a bit of size between molts. I'll expect her to hit 4.5-5" by the end of this year, she'll be around 3 years old.


Sami

 

[P. Novak]

Heres some records of my G.aureostriata slings that I've owned. I know I had more, but I think I misplaced them..:wall:

Purchased: 1/12/2006
Molt 1: 4/27/06 - 2" to 2.75"
Molt 2: 6/9/06 - 2.75" to 3.25"
Sold it: 8/17/06


Purchased: 9/26/2006
Molt 1: 4/2/07 - 1cm to 1.75cm
Molt 2: 5/23/07 - 1.75cm to 2.5cm
Molt 3: 6/28/07 - 2.5cm to 3.2cm
Molt 4: 9/2/07 - 3.2cm to 4cm

I'll update this next time it molts