Tarantula growth from sling to juvenile

[Jayson09]

Just want to ask how long will it take for a 1 cm sling to reach a juvenile stage? And what proper temperature for a sling to grow it faster. Also the amount of food that you offer and how often needs to be fed. I just want to make my slings grow faster. Thank you in advanced guys.

 

[WildSpider]

Just want to ask how long will it take for a 1 cm sling to reach a juvenile stage?

It depends on the species. What species do you have?

And what proper temperature for a sling to grow it faster. Also the amount of food that you offer and how often needs to be fed. I just want to make my slings grow faster.

Generally speaking, warmer temps = faster growth. High 70s I think is what I hear a lot. Power feeding should also help it to grow faster. If you offer it food every couple of days that should help.

Note: The T will live the same length of life though once it's mature, so it's lifespan will be shorter overall the faster it reaches maturity.

 

[KezyGLA]

Depends on species

 

[Jayson09]

It depends on the species. What species do you have?


Generally speaking, warmer temps = faster growth. High 70s I think is what I hear a lot. Power feeding should also help it to grow faster. If you offer it food every couple of days that should help.

Note: The T will live the same length of life though once it's mature, so it's lifespan will be shorter overall the faster it reaches maturity.

My slings are; acanthuscuria geneculata brazillian white knee, psalmopoeus irminia the suntiger, grammostola pulchripes the golden knee and the last is red knee.
I just want them to make them grow faster and healthy

Depends on species

Depends on species

My slings are; acanthuscuria geneculata brazillian white knee, psalmopoeus irminia the suntiger, grammostola pulchripes the golden knee and the last is red knee.

 

[Tenebrarius]

Just want to ask how long will it take for a 1 cm sling to reach a juvenile stage? And what proper temperature for a sling to grow it faster. Also the amount of food that you offer and how often needs to be fed. I just want to make my slings grow faster. Thank you in advanced guys.

It is different for every species, but that being said if you really want you can up the humidity and food for the most part, i don't know if this works with bone dry substrate loving Ts, my B. smithi hates a single drop on its substrate. I just try and replicate the natural temps and humidities for them.

also i dont know but fast growing sounds kind of stressful. I have a picky eater too so feeding them often is difficult (P. Metallica)

 

[Teal]

Why do you want them to grow faster? Faster growth does not equal healthy growth.

 

[Theneil]

Generally higher temps (not exceeding 90F) and more frequent feedings will encourage faster growth. Additionally i have read for most NW terrestrials, providing a reletively small enclosure to discourage any burrowing helps them to grow faster as they are less likely to refuse food.

 

[Jayson09]

i still haven't got the answer that i would like to see. Assuming the temp is 80 degrees and lets say psalmopoeus irminia the suntiger tarantula averagely how many months will it reach a juvenile stage?

 

[viper69]

A vet published a paper on this. Check Google.

 

[Jayson09]

A vet published a paper on this. Check Google.

Maybe you might want to send me the link or any idea where about that article. Thanks.

 

[Dovey]

Oh dear, I know it's frustrating not to get an answer right away, but it's a complicated questions. Surprisingly so! Sort of like asking how old will my child be when he or she starts to read or is completely potty-trained.

Also, different people consider different size slings to be juveniles. You could mean how soon will it have its adult coloration, or you could mean how soon will it be about one-third its adult size, or any number of things by the term "juvenile."

Also, some people believe, though other people do not, that the sex of the sling affects the rate at which it develops. And of course because it's a sling, you can't really know it's sex yet.

I can tell you that the geniculata and the irminia will grow the fastest, with the pulcripes and the hamorii developing more slowly. It also depends upon their individual appetites. So I guess that's why you're frustrated, because really the only answer is "it depends!"

And wonky as this may sound, spider time is different than normal time. Sometimes I look at habitat and see that a sling of less than an inch has grown into a 3-inch juvenile in a single shed after nothing much having happened for several months. I never cease to be shocked, but I also never really sit down and look at how many months it really took to get from point A to point B, let alone point G or H. I keep those records, but not in an orderly fashion that I can just say "oh look the average is blank months from one shed to the next" for a given species. And why would I at any rate, given that it would change every single time for every single spider?

Perhaps there's some other members who can speak with authority when they say how long it took a given species to grow to maturity, but to juvenile status is just so different from one spider to the next, I really doubt they'd be able to do it rather than to say one species on the average develops faster than another species.

It's not that members won't answer your question, it's more that one can't, not with any real accuracy. Perhaps we can say in a matter of months, rather than years, but that's about it.

 

[AnObeseHippo]

Maybe you might want to send me the link or any idea where about that article. Thanks.

He explicitly told you where and gave you that specific amount of information on purpose. Try throwing some key words into a search and see what you get. Usually how it works for me.

 

[Jayson09]

Oh dear, I know it's frustrating not to get an answer right away, but it's a complicated questions. Surprisingly so! Sort of like asking how old will my child be when he or she starts to read or is completely potty-trained.

Also, different people consider different size slings to be juveniles. You could mean how soon will it have its adult coloration, or you could mean how soon will it be about one-third its adult size, or any number of things by the term "juvenile."

Also, some people believe, though other people do not, that the sex of the sling affects the rate at which it develops. And of course because it's a sling, you can't really know it's sex yet.

I can tell you that the geniculata and the irminia will grow the fastest, with the pulcripes and the hamorii developing more slowly. It also depends upon their individual appetites. So I guess that's why you're frustrated, because really the only answer is "it depends!"

And wonky as this may sound, spider time is different than normal time. Sometimes I look at habitat and see that a sling of less than an inch has grown into a 3-inch juvenile in a single shed after nothing much having happened for several months. I never cease to be shocked, but I also never really sit down and look at how many months it really took to get from point A to point B, let alone point G or H. I keep those records, but not in an orderly fashion that I can just say "oh look the average is blank months from one shed to the next" for a given species.

Perhaps there's some other members who can speak with authority when they say how long it took a given species to grow to maturity, but to juvenile status is just so different from one spider to the next, I really doubt they be able to do it rather than to say one species on the average develops faster than another species.

Thank you very much. I think i understand now. Ill just keep all my slings in proper heat temperature and feed them well. Hopefully they'll grow soon. Thanks again.

 

[Dannica]

It also depends on the individual spider. I have five Nhandu chromatus individuals, all from the same sac, all raised the exact same way, and all completely different in size.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Just want to ask how long will it take for a 1 cm sling to reach a juvenile stage?

Anything from a few months to a couple of years. I've had a Pokie go from sling to mature male in the same amount of time it's taken my B. albiceps to reach 1.5"

 

[weibkreux]

It also depends on the individual spider. I have five Nhandu chromatus individuals, all from the same sac, all raised the exact same way, and all completely different in size.

So far my 3 N. chromatus slings are almost of the same sizes, around 1" mark. But the molt duration in between is starting to grow wider. Difference in sizes is more noticeable with my 4 LP slings. You're right, might be their individuality or perhaps the differences with gender.

 

[Dannica]

So far my 3 N. chromatus slings are almost of the same sizes, around 1" mark. But the molt duration in between is starting to grow wider. Difference in sizes is more noticeable with my 4 LP slings. You're right, might be their individuality or perhaps the differences with gender.

Here is a terrible quality photo from around a year ago, the size difference happened pretty darn quickly!

 

[Vanessa]

Room temperature, feeding one appropriate sized meal twice a week, and I am going to take a guess how long a 1/4" spiderling is going to take to reach 2".
Psalmopoeus irminia - 9 months
Acanthoscurria geniculata - 10-12 months
Grammostola pulchripes - 18 months
Brachypelma hamorii - 24 months
Those are a loose estimate only and based solely on normal room temperatures and feeding them twice a week on an appropriately sized prey item. My guesses are anecdotal in nature and are not scientifically based in any way.

 

[Ungoliant]

My slings are; acanthuscuria geneculata brazillian white knee

My Acanthoscurria geniculata's molt records records (he was 0.5" when I got him on 1/4/2017):

• 1/30/2017: 0.75"
• 3/16/2017: 1.25"
• 5/13/2017: 1.75"
• 7/11/2017: 2"
• 10/6/2017: 2.5"
• 12/20/2017: 3"
• 6/11/2018: 3.5"

 

[weibkreux]

Here is a terrible quality photo from around a year ago, the size difference happened pretty darn quickly!

That's a huge difference in size!
I'll post a photo of mine tomorrow when I get home.