On the other hand my Pulchras are starting to take their time nowIndeed -- interestingly quite a bit faster than her previous one. Her last cycle was 258 days. This one was 151. I haven't purposely changed anything, but it is possible average temperatures in her corner of the spider room have been a couple degrees warmer. Or, possibly, her burrow could be staying a bit warmer than the ambient temperature...
Who needs a trapdoor , she is the trap 🪤 ? QueenAnd so begins The Next Great Starvation.
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I JUST fed you three days ago, girl. I am not gonna chonk you up in a month and have you blockade yourself in for a year.
huntress!
Yeah, you can see the "door" still, it's that random clump of dirt just to the right in the photo lol. When she decided she'd had enough post-molt beauty sleep, she just booted it aside by like an inch and a half.Who needs a trapdoor , she is the trap 🪤 ? Queen
My pulchra male has 2 water dishes one I keep full so he can't move it and one I left in for him to play with, he is always dragging it about n half burying in various places before he digs it bk up n drags it around againShe would like me to know that she has found where I "hid" her water dish.
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To be fair, this is real evidence of the furthest she has wandered from her burrow "back entrance" since she dug it. The crickets seem to be super curious about what's down in that neat hole over there, especially since no one ever comes back out to tell them... So she never really has to leave.
my pulchripes has 4 in her viv she buries everything including her hide gotta love Grammostola 
Delivery to your door!She would like me to know that she has found where I "hid" her water dish.
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To be fair, this is real evidence of the furthest she has wandered from her burrow "back entrance" since she dug it. The crickets seem to be super curious about what's down in that neat hole over there, especially since no one ever comes back out to tell them... So she never really has to leave.
That's a big pulchra for 14 months! I don't know how old Lava was when I got her, but she was the same size as my P. irminia sling I got at the same time... And he matured as a probably 5+" male last OctoberI couldn't help but notice you started this thread a bit over a year ago.. kinda makes me think of this:
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G pulchra and T blondi.. both females and both the same age.. about 14 months or so
I guess the combination of insane size and rapid growth makes a world of difference
-- here he is, showing off his legs on the lid of his 6x6x9 enclosure:
I feed 3 times weekly and keep them warm (75-82F) so I get faster growth rates with most Ts. G pulchra are known for their slow growth but they also live for ages (25-35 years) so that's a plus. Sadly my T blondi probably won't last more than 15 years but I'll make sure to get plenty of slings during her lifetime.That's a big pulchra for 14 months! I don't know how old Lava was when I got her, but she was the same size as my P. irminia sling I got at the same time... And he matured as a probably 5+" male last October
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Lava was still happily ensconced in her 2x3x4 at that time.
Gorgeous girlHere's my 4 year old female G pulchra:
I don't think she's done growing, as she'll probably gain like 2 inches more hopefully but yeah.. you get attached to slow growing Ts and you know for a fact that you'll age together...
finally got rid of that wood chip that was down there.
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