LiteraryRecluse
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- May 18, 2017
- Messages
- 16
Hello,
I suspect that the growth of some of my Ts, specifically my New World Ts, is somehow being stunted.
A thread on AB I was reading seemed to rule out enclosure size. Considering how Ts are often kept in deli cups I didn't seriously think that was the issue. Besides, I am very generous with space, I think!
For a long time I attributed it to genetics, as some on AB also have; however, if that's true, I think I have several dwarf New World Ts!
What's really strange is how it seems to only be a problem with New World Ts of mine: Acanthoscurria, Megaphobema, Nhandu, Phormictopus, etc., except some Lasiodora and Theraphosa, which seem to be the anomaly. I've never had this issue with Old World Ts, such as Haplopelma, Poecilotheria, Hysterocrates, Lampropelma, etc. The latter all grow what I would think is a healthy rate.
My New World Ts look healthy enough, and some have lived 10-15 years, despite their small size. What seems to happen is they reach a certain size, stop eating or don't eat as much, and their growth flatlines, though they seem otherwise fine.
Thoughts?? Are they just growing really slow or is there something happening? It seems very bizarre…
I suspect that the growth of some of my Ts, specifically my New World Ts, is somehow being stunted.
A thread on AB I was reading seemed to rule out enclosure size. Considering how Ts are often kept in deli cups I didn't seriously think that was the issue. Besides, I am very generous with space, I think!
For a long time I attributed it to genetics, as some on AB also have; however, if that's true, I think I have several dwarf New World Ts!
What's really strange is how it seems to only be a problem with New World Ts of mine: Acanthoscurria, Megaphobema, Nhandu, Phormictopus, etc., except some Lasiodora and Theraphosa, which seem to be the anomaly. I've never had this issue with Old World Ts, such as Haplopelma, Poecilotheria, Hysterocrates, Lampropelma, etc. The latter all grow what I would think is a healthy rate.
My New World Ts look healthy enough, and some have lived 10-15 years, despite their small size. What seems to happen is they reach a certain size, stop eating or don't eat as much, and their growth flatlines, though they seem otherwise fine.
Thoughts?? Are they just growing really slow or is there something happening? It seems very bizarre…