Spider Growth Rate Poll

I recieved my spider in Feb of this yr and she was 855 gr I just pit her on the scale Fri and she's 1496 gr.

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Originally Posted by euphuistical

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.

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I would love to see if other breeders would do a chart of their animals growth like some others on this thread.

I have a male 09 spider that was hatched in early june of this year, and he eats medium rats at least once every five days sometimes twice. I got him at the end of June and now he is 421 grams and growing

They have a better feeding response then most BP morphs.

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Originally Posted by greghall

They have a better feeding response then most BP morphs.

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I have to agree, my spiders never turn down a meal, many times even in the blue....

My Bee does seem to be growing faster but shes a female, has a voracious appetite and never misses a meal even in shed. All my bps vary in age so its hard to tell. But its hard to think, all things being equal, it would have a faster growth rate than anything else of the species.

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Originally Posted by sheffernan13

I have a male 09 spider that was hatched in early june of this year, and he eats medium rats at least once every five days sometimes twice. I got him at the end of June and now he is 421 grams and growing

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wow! hes gonna be huge!

i have a pair of 08 spiders the female is 774 gms the male is 654 gms. My 08 mojaves are female 538 gms and male 614 gms. and my 08 albinos are 584 gms and 645 gms. all were about the same size in 08 my spider female is always hungry and i feed all of them md rats and at the same time. lately i do throw the female spider another sm rat if she seems unsatisfied with just one.

It is hard to tell, but I have found females seem to eat like pigs and males seem to be a little more relaxed about the food lol.

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Originally Posted by m00kfu

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.

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id like to second that :)