Spider Growth Rate Poll

So, in the Advanced Husbandry forum I've been having a short but interesting discussion with blackcrystal22, m00kfu , WingedWolfPsion and a few other people. Its related to the spider gene and growth. You can see the original thread here: http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=101924

I wanted to see if i could gather some unofficial data to look at just for the fun of it. I bet it would be interesting to see. The poll is pretty basic.

The question is, do your spider(s) seem to grow faster than your other morphs or normals? This poll is assuming you have the same conditions for each of your snakes and offer everyone food with the same frequency, etc.

Keep in mind this is very unofficial and just for some personal curiosity. :P

For what it's worth...

I have an 07' .1 Albino, and an 07' .1 Spider 100%het SK Axanthic.
They are kept in the same rack and are offered the same amount of, and same sized feeders, and have been since 07'.
My .1 Albino is 2217g.
My .1 Spider het Axanthic is 1585g.

I also have an 07' Pastel 100%het SK Axanthic, and an 07' 1. Spider 100%het SK Axanthic.
They are kept in the same rack, and are offered the same amount of, and same sized feeders, and have been since 07'.
My 1. Pastel het Axanthic is 1378g.
My 1. Spider het Axanthic is 1324g.

Thanks for the numbers rjk890 :)

My spider has always been a great feeder. She is fed on the same schedule as everyone else and has rocketed past the others in growth rate.

I keep track of my weights so I can graph them. This one is a few months old. You can see that Minx has just taken off in comparison to the rest.

She laid in July, so that's the dip in her weight.

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...g?t=1253060228

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Originally Posted by Icatsme

My spider has always been a great feeder. She is fed on the same schedule as everyone else and has rocketed past the others in growth rate.

I keep track of my weights so I can graph them. This one is a few months old. You can see that Minx has just taken off in comparison to the rest.

She laid in July, so that's the dip in her weight.

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...g?t=1253060228

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omg this is incredible! YOU MAKE ME WANT TO PLAY WITH EXCEL. and thats a FEAT after i took data analysis... excel makes me twitch.

THANK YOU for the super awesome, easy to read info and graph :)

Everyone says spiders have a great feeding response. Apparently spiders hate me. I've got two (very late 08 male, and an 06 female) and neither seem to like eating for me. :rofl:

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Originally Posted by cinderbird

omg this is incredible! YOU MAKE ME WANT TO PLAY WITH EXCEL. and thats a FEAT after i took data analysis... excel makes me twitch.

THANK YOU for the super awesome, easy to read info and graph :)

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Degei can also do graphs if you'd like to avoid that twitching. :gj:

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Originally Posted by m00kfu

Degei can also do graphs if you'd like to avoid that twitching. :gj:

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i think degei is pay only and not mac friendly, or is this not the case?

It's free, but I think you're right about the mac part.

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Originally Posted by cinderbird

i think degei is pay only and not mac friendly, or is this not the case?

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Originally Posted by m00kfu

It's free, but I think you're right about the mac part.

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Yep. Doesn't work for mac :(