my 7mth old curly

[StOrM^]

one of my fav Ts. although it has no striking colour, but always a fun T to show others and teach others about how Ts can really brighten up ur day!. she is now 7mths old, when i got her it was like only a thumb nail. now look at her. what a beauty!

 

[jbrd]

nice lookin T you have there, guess she is a fast grower eh?

 

[Grimlock]

Wow, yeah. I thought the same thing. Amazing how fast some can grow.

Nice pics.

 

[StOrM^]

nice lookin T you have there, guess she is a fast grower eh?

everything about her is nice . but she has bad dinner faring. LOL. she eats like a pig. often up to 5-6 crix will be eaten by her in one big silk crix ball. and these 5-6 crix will not last long to ease her hunger. thats explain why she is this size in only 7mths

 

[becca81]

B. albopilosum seems to grow faster than some other Brachypelma spp., but I can't any Brachypelma spp. growing that much in 7 months, even if power fed.

Are you sure it is only 7 months old? I currently have two that are about 1/4" and even at that size, it is 2 months between molts. 5 months from now I see them being about 1". At the size in your hand, I would guess that you have been seeing 7-12 months between molts, which makes me doubt that it is actually only 7 months old. Powerfeeding can speed things up, but not that much.

Even my P. murinus, who I received 5 months ago at 1/4", is only 2 inches, and they are an extremely fast grower (much faster than any Brachypelma spp).

 

[Cirith Ungol]

I too would believe this T to be far older than 7 months... what have you fed her? Steroids?

 

[StOrM^]

seroius!! when i got her last year it was about a month old. i post at my 1st ever post at this board. it was only as big as my thumbnail. i am surprise that it grow that fast too. one thing i gave it plently to drink. plenty to eat.(1week eats about 15-18crix), and my country is pretty warm all year long. so does that explain why it grow so fast? and the fuuny thing is that i find them to molt when ever the chance came. my friend have 2 curly that is same age as mine but it about 2/3 the size only. he does not feed them like i do. i am very sure that my curly is 7mths old. btw i dunno does this affect the grow, i feed mainly fat female crix to her.

 

[PoseidonSai]

My 2 curlys are nothing like that size....

 

[kyle_de_aussie]

7 months oh my god thats such a fast grower nice tarantula

 

[Cirith Ungol]

You don't happen to have a moult record and temperatures + feeding record for your curly? It would be interesting to see the effects of all three on your tiny... (well not so tiny anymore) T.

 

[StOrM^]

err i dun keeo these records. wait!! i just remenber.. evry time my Ts molt i will remove the fangs from the molt . i know i am wierd by doing that. but i really like the fangs. i am checking now!!....

OK.. since in my care in 7 mths. she molted 5times. as for temperature, singapore is ard 35-38degree celcius. i keep them at room temp which is about 30.

 

[David_F]

Are you sure it's a female? She does seem a bit big for only seven months old but it's not impossible. I have a male that went from 1/4" to 4.5" in about 10 months and my female, while I don't know how old she is, is around 4.5" now and has molted twice in 3.5 months. Guess all I'm saying is with elevated temps and unlimited food supply this kind of growth is very possible. Nice spider StOrM.

 

[Rob1985]

I have two that are are slings a little bigger than my fingernail. I can't wait to see if they grow as fast as yours did!!!

 

[Washout]

I power feed and keep mine at 80 degrees and mine are nowhere near that size. I've had them since 2nd instar, and they are about 7 or 8 months old now. Pretty amazing that yours is that size now.

 

[Spiderling LT]

I have 3 curly T and Myfemale reach size of yours only 19 months. That is amazing T.

 

[WhyTeDraGon]

Nice Curly! But I wasnt aware they grew that fast

 

[StOrM^]

thanks for the comments guys. i am pretty sure its a female. LOL Ts are like people. we are born the same way but why some people gtow taller and some shorter. so i think its just nature doing her work. i still want her to grow more bigger.. she is about 4" now. hope to see her molt soon . at lease she is easy to mantain compare to real girls. . she only love her crix and me.

 

[Jetzie]

Reason why they grew so fast is because in our location where we're practically near the equator. We have a FLAT humitity of 75-85% and a temp of 25-30degrees celius.
I used to have a male curly that hit 6.5". If i dont remmber wrongly, i had it for less den a yr, and i got it as a 1" ling.

 

[karin]

6.5"???
That's pretty huge for a male wor!! U power feed like nuts?

 

[jdcarrel]

wow, that grew really fast.