mexican redknee tarantula

aharding

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hello can any one help please? I would like to know how long a mexican redknee tarantula will take to grow from a spiderling to an adult?

thanks in advance
Andrew
 

David Burns

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That would depend on the temperatures it is kept at and the amount/frequency at which it is fed. That being said, between 3 and 5 years.
 

Brian S

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Like David Burns said they are kind of slow growers but a female can live 20-30 years so it will be with you for a long time ;)
 

MysticKigh

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In agreement with what's been this said thus fair, I will add this .....
My smithis have only moulted once iin the time I have had them... but that moult wasn't anything to sneeze at, they doubled in size! (and mellowed a bit as well) The drastic change has made the slow growing worthwhile. My G pulchra by comparison has moulted several times and gained maybe a half inch <shrug> :-D
 

jesses

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aharding said:
hello can any one help please? I would like to know how long a mexican redknee tarantula will take to grow from a spiderling to an adult?

thanks in advance
Andrew
If you mean B. Smithi, I raised mine from sling to adult in 2 years
 

WYSIWYG

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jesses said:
If you mean B. Smithi, I raised mine from sling to adult in 2 years
It would also depend on the gender of the B. smithi in question.
Females mature much slower than males do.

I have a smithi I've been raising from about a 3/4 inch sling.
I've had it for over 3 years now and it's probably right around 3.25
inches.

Hope that helps! ;)

Wysi
 

jesses

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WYSIWYG said:
It would also depend on the gender of the B. smithi in question.
Females mature much slower than males do.

I have a smithi I've been raising from about a 3/4 inch sling.
I've had it for over 3 years now and it's probably right around 3.25
inches.
I also powerfeed... Infact my Parahybana is eating 6 crickets at once right now
 

Arachnobrian

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1" to 3 1/2" in 6 months

What size of sling?

My little B. smithi has grown from a 1" sling in April 2004, the most recent moult a week ago put him/her at about 3 1/2".

Would 3 1/2" still be juvi. or is it now considered sub-adult? And at what size are they considered to be adult?
 
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