Tarantula Molting Questions

johnharper

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Do your tarantulas molt more in the warmer months than in the cooler winter months?

thanks,
John
 

mikeymo

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All my Ts are kept in my room year round. In the summer they're away from the a/c and in the winter they're away from the heater, so the temperature they, themselves, are exposed to is pretty consistent year round.

The only thing I’ve found to influence growth is the rate at which I feed the T's. I have noticed that my T's grow quicker in the warmer months, but that's only because I’m more willing to make frequent trips to the pet store to buy them food, when I don't have to trudge through the snow or ice :p.
 

fartkowski

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My T's are also kept at pretty much the same temp all year long. So far in the month of December I think I have had about 12 molts.
 
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