I'm so proud

[pandinus]

when i first bought my B smithi, you could crush her with a pea,

That's why I'm so very proud to present her to you all as she is today. When i first bought her, she was only about a 1/4" but she has finally flowered into full adult coloration at 3" long. I think all you arachnoparents will agree with me that there is nothing more gratifying then watching your babies grow up.

But what am i on, huh? this is no time to get sentimental, this is the time to show off my freshly moulted spider! enjoy!

Cheers,
John

 

[Bedlam]

Looks amazing! Huge congrats! I've got a few that were about that size.
My Genic seems to be getting huge quickly. My Smithi is getting decent too.
Great pics!

 

[Camberwell]

aaaaw she looks lovely, well done :clap:

your right, it is very gratifying

Camberwell

 

[ShadowSpectrum]

Congrats, your B. smithi's new colors are beautiful

What's the time between the first photo and the 3 new ones?

 

[pandinus]

What's the time between the first photo and the 3 new ones?

a little under a year i think. You know she was growing like a tree at first, but now she's moulting like it's going out of style!

 

[PoPpiLLs]

Beautiful, They grow up so fast :'(

 

[ChrisNCT]

I would be sceptical that you have a male there looking at it's proportions. It's not a mature male...but it may be a male.

Either way it is a very nice T and you have done a great job on it.

 

[hyena65]

I believe I have decided what my next T. will be. Thanks for the pic's!

 

[bistrobob85]

aaaaaaaaaaw, we're '' arachnoparents '', how cute!!!!

phil.

 

[syndicate]

awesome!i love seein the before/after shots like that.b.smithi may be a slow grower but def worth the wait!!

 

[pandinus]

@chris
nope, its a female, as the molts have proven

 

[BigBryan]

a little under a year i think. You know she was growing like a tree at first, but now she's moulting like it's going out of style!

really only a year? i thought smithi grow alot slower than that... nice Bsmithi either way!

 

[Easyout58]

Very nice John! But what do you feed this thing that it grew so fast?

 

[BigBryan]

yeah seriously pass the T steroids this way!

 

[pandinus]

i recalled reading somewhere that brachy's enjoy large prey, so i fed her on 2week crix till she was about 1.5", then i switched to adults. her abdomen was always full to bursting.

 

[Darwinsdad]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Yup the power feeding even though I am going to assume it was not intended to be such will make em act like miracle grow.

 

[Beth-Tex]

Awwww.....she is prettyyyyy!! She is now all dressed up.

Beth