Spider Growth Rate Poll

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Originally Posted by Icatsme

Yep. Doesn't work for mac :(

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to excel it is when i get super motivated. ... like now. I'll post my chart when im done with it.

POST NOW WITH MOAR NUMBERS :D I made my excel chart. only took me 3 tries.

http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/q...akeChart09.jpg

I have only a male spider--he grew up fast, but not any faster than my pastels.

Most say spiders have better feeding responses, which might not mean they grow "faster" than other morphs, just they say that the spiders who never refuse a meal are are steady good eaters, which would make them grow just as fast as any other good eating animal, and maybe get bigger if any others skip some meals.

I had to vote "Maybe - i have a spider, but i haven't had it long enough to be able to tell" since I've only had my spider for like 2 weeks. But he did devour 2 hoppers at our first feeding... so if that's any indication, I expect him to grow really fast. :D

<--------- that's him in my avatar ;)

my spider have put on weight a little faster than the others but and the others eat just as much. one of my spider females surpassed the other 3 spiders alot. the only snakes that are close to keeping up with her growth rate are my het caramel glows.

my spider has for SURE grown much faster! we have an 08 who is pushing 900grams right now! and he did go on a 3 month feeding strike! apparently he didn't like the flavor of the particular type of hamsters we were offering him...if he had been eating those 3 months i am willing to bet $ that he would be well over 1000grams

I have 3 babies 1 male mojave, 1 female pastel and 1 spider. The male and pastel are about the same size 180g's but the spider is 220g. She is noticably bigger. The only one I have ever had grow faster than my spider girl is my mojave female. She is 750g and is only an 09 (and no I am not power feeding her) It is interesting to watch them as they grow.

so far the results are 50% yes and 50% no. To be expected statistically :) lol

I think morphs in general would tend to grow faster. I have no hard evidence, just a thought experiment.

They come in from the wild as eggs / hatchlings and are sold at some point to one of the big name breeders who usuallly line breed them. Since the ones that grow the fastest start making babies faster those babies may carry these better growing genes. I have no idea if there's any truth to it but it's worth a thought I think, and support the general notion that "morphs tend to grow faster".

But honestly, when's the last time any scale breeder looked at the growth rate of a normal male haha.