L. parahybana sling

Nov 19, 2003

• #1

Buspirone

Arachnoprince

Old Timer

Joined

Mar 10, 2003

Messages

1,064

Anybody else have Tony's LP slings? I'd like to see pics for comparison if you have them. This one just molted a couple days ago.

 

Nov 19, 2003

• #2

Longbord1

Arachnoprince

Old Timer

Joined

Mar 13, 2003

Messages

1,217

wow thats huge already mine are with jcohen999 it loks like ur may be a male. mine or his is about 3/4 inches thats a biggy already
mike

 

Nov 19, 2003

• #3

Buspirone

Arachnoprince

Old Timer

Joined

Mar 10, 2003

Messages

1,064

I have 3 others that are all close to the same size....they will be molting over the next week. I do think that the front legs are really long. It just got the dark coloring and the salmon pink hairs on its legs and abdomen with this molt. It has an attitude and a half.

 

Nov 19, 2003

• #4

Jeff_C

ArachnoAddicted

Old Timer

Joined

Apr 10, 2003

Messages

449

Holy Moly....What the heck are you feeding those guys? I am a bit of a power feeder my self and the 2 remaining ones I have a only about 1.5" and still translucent which I suspect to be at least 2 molts behind yours.

I will post a pic tonight.

Regards,
Jeff

 

Nov 19, 2003

• #5

avmaviator

Arachnosquire

Old Timer

Joined

Aug 10, 2003

Messages

108

...

My parahybana molted last night, but i got it from Art. Could be a parahyna molting time, hehe.

Arno

 

Nov 19, 2003

• #6

Buspirone

Arachnoprince

Old Timer

Joined

Mar 10, 2003

Messages

1,064

Originally posted by jcohen9999
Holy Moly....What the heck are you feeding those guys?

Click to expand...

Gut loaded crickets(main diet), superworms, orange head roach nymphs, beef heart and silkworms. I just try to vary the diet as much as I can. I'm hoping to grow out a BIG female and the only thing that I can control that might affect size is the nutritional intake.

 

Last edited: Nov 19, 2003

Nov 19, 2003

• #7

V

vulpina

Arachnoprince

Old Timer

Joined

Jan 26, 2003

Messages

1,943

Nice looking parahybana sling!!

Andy

 

Nov 19, 2003

• #8

Longbord1

Arachnoprince

Old Timer

Joined

Mar 13, 2003

Messages

1,217

i bought a 2 incher like 2 months ago and urs is already bigger than mine wow!!!! it dosen't wanna molt
mike

 

Nov 19, 2003

• #9

Buspirone

Arachnoprince

Old Timer

Joined

Mar 10, 2003

Messages

1,064

The front legs are extended in the pic so it looks larger than it really is but so far mine have been molting about every month to 6 weeks.

 

Nov 19, 2003

• #10

LPacker79

ArachnoSpaz

Old Timer

Joined

Feb 10, 2003

Messages

1,054

Geez! The ones I have left (9) are only 1.5''. I'm feeding twice a week. They're starting to darken up for another molt......

 

Nov 19, 2003

• #11

Longbord1

Arachnoprince

Old Timer

Joined

Mar 13, 2003

Messages

1,217

i power feed to but i mean comon

 

Nov 19, 2003

• #12

Longbord1

Arachnoprince

Old Timer

Joined

Mar 13, 2003

Messages

1,217

here is what she looks like

 

Attachments

• 
  slings 009.jpg
  73 KB Views: 291

Nov 19, 2003

• #13

Buspirone

Arachnoprince

Old Timer

Joined

Mar 10, 2003

Messages

1,064

Here's one of my other slings thats pre-molt and its the same size and color that the first sling was prior to molting.

 

Last edited: Nov 19, 2003

Nov 19, 2003

• #14

Longbord1

Arachnoprince

Old Timer

Joined

Mar 13, 2003

Messages

1,217

so mine is at that level but the ones i gave to jeff are so much smaller!!!
mike

 

Nov 21, 2003

• #15

Buspirone

Arachnoprince

Old Timer

Joined

Mar 10, 2003

Messages

1,064

Originally posted by monantony
Well well well
This will make an excellent study in terms of POWER feeding vs. lean feeding. I would love to see how these guys do as adults, both in terms of ultimate size and even longevity.

T

Click to expand...

How big were the parents?

 

Nov 21, 2003

• #16

Buspirone

Arachnoprince

Old Timer

Joined

Mar 10, 2003

Messages

1,064

I'll try to report future growth and development in this thread. I hope others will do the same.

 

Nov 25, 2003

• #17

Buspirone

Arachnoprince

Old Timer

Joined

Mar 10, 2003

Messages

1,064

Here is the second sling that I posted after it molted.....

 

Jan 13, 2004

• #18

Buspirone

Arachnoprince

Old Timer

Joined

Mar 10, 2003

Messages

1,064

Well another molt....almost two months since the last one. It just molted this morning so I may post another shot in a few days.

 

Jan 13, 2004

• #19

LPacker79

ArachnoSpaz

Old Timer

Joined

Feb 10, 2003

Messages

1,054

Yours is a lot bigger than mine are. I just took this pic. This is the largest of the 9 slings I still have. It's a molt ahead of all the others (molted twice in a 14 day period). It's about 1.75". I feed all my T's once a week and the room is kept at 70 degrees.