Longest time between molts

[johnny quango]

Yeah my pulchra is just starting to get his/her black color finally, it's a little more prominent after each molt now! That brown had me questioning if I was sold the correct T at first...

They are imo the most beautiful tarantula post moult and they stay that amazing jet black for quite a while.
When I received mine almost 4 years ago she was completely brown but eating like a pig

 

[Paiige]

They are imo the most beautiful tarantula post moult and they stay that amazing jet black for quite a while.
When I received mine almost 4 years ago she was completely brown but eating like a pig

Oh mine totally eats like a pig! It actually might have the best appetite of all my Ts. I love not only their color but also the fact that they have that stocky build to them. I'm pleased with how quickly my little one is growing because I can't wait to see it at adult size/coloration. But at the same time I either want it to stay little forever or want to always have a rotation of them as slings

 

[johnny quango]

Oh mine totally eats like a pig! It actually might have the best appetite of all my Ts. I love not only their color but also the fact that they have that stocky build to them. I'm pleased with how quickly my little one is growing because I can't wait to see it at adult size/coloration. But at the same time I either want it to stay little forever or want to always have a rotation of them as slings

They are brilliant eaters even as adults and will eat each week but I don't feed mine each week I tend to miss feeding days here and there as she will go into a seriously extended fast.
If you haven't looked at or own 1 take a look at G iheringi they are leggy like a Gbb but they get around 8" dls or so they say.

Mine as twice the appetite of my G pulchra it never refuses food it doesn't really fast like other Grammostola spp either so it grows twice quicker and keeps all it colours in pre moult

 

[Paiige]

They are brilliant eaters even as adults and will eat each week but I don't feed mine each week I tend to miss feeding days here and there as she will go into a seriously extended fast.
If you haven't looked at or own 1 take a look at G iheringi they are leggy like a Gbb but they get around 8" dls or so they say.

Mine as twice the appetite of my G pulchra it never refuses food it doesn't really fast like other Grammostola spp either so it grows twice quicker and keeps all it colours in pre moult

I don't have a G iheringi yet but I do love the look of them! I've been telling myself if I see one at my local reptile/T store that I will take it home. I have a problem with Grammastola and want them all so I have to pace myself to ensure I don't end up with 12 different kind of dinosaur. But the fact that it doesn't fast is good to know!

 

[johnny quango]

I don't have a G iheringi yet but I do love the look of them! I've been telling myself if I see one at my local reptile/T store that I will take it home. I have a problem with Grammastola and want them all so I have to pace myself to ensure I don't end up with 12 different kind of dinosaur. But the fact that it doesn't fast is good to know!

I have 5 different Grammostola pulchra,pulchripes,iheringi,actaeon and anthracina.
The G anthracina (which is sometimes sold as molicoma) is big beautiful and bulky just like pulchra only in the flesh it as a purple/blue hue and looks like it's casting a red shadow because of the setae around it's legs

 

[Paiige]

I have 5 different Grammostola pulchra,pulchripes,iheringi,actaeon and anthracina.
The G anthracina (which is sometimes sold as molicoma) is big beautiful and bulky just like pulchra only in the flesh it as a purple/blue hue and looks like it's casting a red shadow because of the setae around it's legs

I have heard iheringi is quite active and even a little speedy! Must be a nice change from the rest

 

[johnny quango]

I have heard iheringi is quite active and even a little speedy! Must be a nice change from the rest

Yeah that's true although my pulchra once got spooked for a reason unknown and went from her enclosure to my elbow in the blink of an eye.
My iheringi will actively hunt prey down and does it with such speed it's sometimes hard to believe it's a grammy it behaves more like an Avicularia

 

[Paiige]

Excellent. My Grammys (aside from the pulchra) pretend they're gonna hunt their prey and walk a few steps and either get tired, forget the prey is there or decide they'd rather just wait for it to walk right under their figurative noses.

 

[Olan]

I have 5 different Grammostola pulchra,pulchripes,iheringi,actaeon and anthracina.
The G anthracina (which is sometimes sold as molicoma) is big beautiful and bulky just like pulchra only in the flesh it as a purple/blue hue and looks like it's casting a red shadow because of the setae around it's legs

I really like the look of the G. anthracina in the pics I've seen.

 

[cold blood]

My porteri molts on a 5 year cycle and has consistently since ive owned her. 16 years and just had the 4th molt in my care.

 

[Paiige]

My porteri molts on a 5 year cycle and has consistently since ive owned her. 16 years and just had the 4th molt in my care.

Oh my god. Okay. Well I guess it's very possible that I have several years to go, then...

 

[ledzeppelin]

my rosea is pushing 4 years Stopped eating a few months ago, so we'll see

 

[Grenn]

The G. rosea I owned went at least 6 years between moults. (Possibly longer, I'm under-estimating!) She was fasting for months and months at a time. I just kept topping that water up... like a houseplant.

She did moult one last time before she passed away. Must have been 30+ years old.

 

[Paiige]

The G. rosea I owned went at least 6 years between moults. (Possibly longer, I'm under-estimating!) She was fasting for months and months at a time. I just kept topping that water up... like a houseplant.
She did moult one last time before she passed away. Must have been 30+ years old.

Wow, 30+ years? That's excellent And it seems like I'll probably have a ways to go...got mine as a small juvie and that was 8 years ago, she's molted 3 times in the past 8 years. At least she's not fasting...at the moment

 

[cold blood]

The G. rosea I owned went at least 6 years between moults. (Possibly longer, I'm under-estimating!) She was fasting for months and months at a time. I just kept topping that water up... like a houseplant.

She did moult one last time before she passed away. Must have been 30+ years old.

Based on length of ownership and the 5 year cycle i also estimate my girl to be at least 30 years old as well probably older almost certainly not much younger.

 

[johnny quango]

I really like the look of the G. anthracina in the pics I've seen.

They are even better in the flesh they look even more colourful

 

[johnny quango]

Excellent. My Grammys (aside from the pulchra) pretend they're gonna hunt their prey and walk a few steps and either get tired, forget the prey is there or decide they'd rather just wait for it to walk right under their figurative noses.

I think I must have a bunch of crazy Grammostola then as mine go nut for prey

 

[Paiige]

I think I must have a bunch of crazy Grammostola then as mine go nut for prey

I have heard all these stories of crazy rosies and porteri...have yet to see them. I think I may keep adopting them until I find a crazy one, at this point I'm very curious

 

[johnny quango]

I have heard all these stories of crazy rosies and porteri...have yet to see them. I think I may keep adopting them until I find a crazy one, at this point I'm very curious

They're not crazy behavior wise but they are crazy feeding wise. I've yet to experience a "MOODY" Grammostola myself the nearest I've come is my G pulchra stealing my paint brush