How old is the rosie on my finger?

[DR zuum]

With a small candy cap filled with the poly visol water in its cup,i think i can maintain this size indefinitely but time will tell.Kirdec, michelle post a pic of your T's you mentioned still being small and age remember shes only a half inch at 6 year i have perfected the bonsai T.muhahaha jking.

I think Crotalus (Lelle) has the only other valid claim to such timeframe and small T.
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=30619
I was unaware of this but he was kind enough to share it with me today also a very interesting experiment.But he is growing his out to see the effect on size if any on such a long time as a sling.I intend to keep this one as it is.

 

[Cirith Ungol]

Man... my boehmei is half that size and has moulted once during the near year I've had it... I'm more frustrated than fascinated by *my* T

 

[DR zuum]

Ok everybodys got one my bad i should have known.1/2 inch size retained in good health after six years is nothing i'll post again in 2012 see how it goes then.LoL

 

[Cirith Ungol]

Ok everybodys got one my bad i should have known.1/2 inch six years is nothing i'll post again in 2012 see how it goes then.LoL

Hey, I hope you didn't misunderstand me there! What you have there is pretty amazing!

I just mentioned my T because I'm frustrated by it and because it refuses to moult and I hope it does so in the comming years... Yours is a bonsai T, mine is a naughty T that refuses to grow (and mine is for sure not 6 years old either).

 

[DR zuum]

No its all good no prob,bro.

 

[Gigas]

I just got given a Rosy sling , now i see why it was a freebie, this topic depresses me

 

[Mina]

I have had mine for 4 months now, it is under an inch and according to Botar is about 2 years and 4 months old. I feed it twice a week (when I can actually get it to eat) and it has moulted once since I got it with almost no noticeable size increase. Compared to my other slings, which moult almost once a month like clockwork, this is almost funny. It is one of the slings I have had for the longest and very soon it will be my smallest.

 

[Crunchie]

I'd say maybe 2.5 years. I bought two first instar spiderlings last July and both have only moulted once and are still under 1cm LS.

 

[Scorpiove]

I think after reading this it seems pretty obvious that I think all captive tarantulas are powerfed except for yours . Imagine in the wild prey items could end up being scarce for long long periods of time. Who knows though I guess there would have to be a lot of research done on this. But your rosie is amazing! I hope in 2012 its the same size .

 

[IguanaMama]

I had no idea about rosies being sooooooooooooo slow. How long can a male live after molting out with hooks? He's big. He must be 100 years old.

 

[DR zuum]

No not really mama like i said another sling sold from the same batch is 4.5 now after 6 years.It grew steadily as did the rest except this one i stunted on purpose.As they were all fresh new hatched slings in 2000 when this started.The whole point was to show you never know how old a sling really is.

No mama a fresh rosie sling fed properly/steadily should be at least close to 3"minimum or 4" in 6 years.I started this after getting slings from a different source of species i had bred that just didnt grow worth a crap and were supposedly fresh 2nd instar while the ones i bred and were fresh from the dreaded dont buy wc parents same species grew like weeds.

For example a male minatrix i sent goterps which i bred myself went from 2nd instar to full adult in 6 months i think he was at 3 inch or a little under if i remember right.Well another one i got from elsewhere same time 2nd instar fresh supposedly just like him and was kept exactly the same has just now reached adult.So is it variance from T to T in same species or are some of the slings we get just old as dirt already hence slow growth rates or smaller adult size.

 

[neilkane]

wow

miniture rose how sweet

 

[Ewok]

wow thats amazing 6 yrs old, that makes me wonder how old my 4.5" wild caught rosie is. :?

that cracks me up, bonsai tarantulas haha

 

[IguanaMama]

Er, DR. I was being sarcastic, I know he's not 100. I'm not that stuuuuupid. LOL. But, I'm still wondering how long he's got because he's stealing my heart. Every time I open his critter keeper he runs out and takes a walk on me, it's hysterical. I'm thinking of just going out and buying him a mature girlie, so I can oversee the breeding and make sure she doesn't eat him!

Bonsai Rosies, I like that. Maybe you should trademark them!

 

[DR zuum]

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Bonsai Rosies, I like that. Maybe you should trademark them!

Naw i almost certain theres plenty out there already.

 

[MizM]

I'm always complaining about how my kids grow so darn fast, why didn't I think of this? Imagine, one bottle of formula every month....

I wonder if Ts suffer hunger pains?

 

[Olan]

Update???