Does anyone else have growth rate data on G. pulchra?
I keep getting told they grow sooooo slooowwwly. But, I keep finding references to them reaching near full size in about 3 years.
I currently have 7 G. pulchra. Four of them are at about 2.5" now and have molted twice in my care since Dec 2009(about 1" when I got them); at that time I was told they were 1 year old already.
I also have three others that I received recently and they molted just this past couple weeks. They are now about 1"+. The breeders I got them from do not track hatching, and growth data, so, they could not accurately tell me the age of them when they shipped them out.
Right now I am thinking it takes 6 months to 1 year for them to reach the 1" mark. Any thoughts out there?
Data and observations on this species are scarce.
I keep getting told they grow sooooo slooowwwly. But, I keep finding references to them reaching near full size in about 3 years.
I currently have 7 G. pulchra. Four of them are at about 2.5" now and have molted twice in my care since Dec 2009(about 1" when I got them); at that time I was told they were 1 year old already.
I also have three others that I received recently and they molted just this past couple weeks. They are now about 1"+. The breeders I got them from do not track hatching, and growth data, so, they could not accurately tell me the age of them when they shipped them out.
Right now I am thinking it takes 6 months to 1 year for them to reach the 1" mark. Any thoughts out there?
Data and observations on this species are scarce.