darth skippy How many Tarantula(s) do you own?: 55
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:24 pm Post subject: does anyone know...
at what size do B vagans males usually mature at? my male just molted and when i picked him up today i noticed he has hooks! he's still kinda small though so i thought there might be a small possibility that he wasn't what i thought he was
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BayLee SFBATS Secretary How many Tarantula(s) do you own?: 45
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:36 pm Post subject:
Can you post a picture?
Males are sometimes significantly smaller than females.
Females reach about up to 6” +/-, I can see the male reaching anywhere from 4.5 - 5.5”. _________________ Visit me @Tarantulas.us
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BayLee SFBATS Secretary How many Tarantula(s) do you own?: 45
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:59 pm Post subject:
What is he like 3.5"?
Looks like a vagans to me. _________________ Visit me @Tarantulas.us
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--"The World As I See It," originally published in FORUM AND CENTURY, 1931.
- Albert Einstein "
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BayLee SFBATS Secretary How many Tarantula(s) do you own?: 45
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:13 pm Post subject:
That would be a good plan to get him a G/F.
Would be nice to pass down his genes. _________________ Visit me @Tarantulas.us
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- Albert Einstein "
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Ricky Ortiz84 How many Tarantula(s) do you own?: 34
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject:
Man you know what I think... since it is in captivity I think most male tarantulas mature way early in their lifes due to the fact that how well they are fed like OBT i've seend some tiny MM OBT's and ken just got a shipment from africa in and in it were MM OBT and man they were massive compared to what I normaly see so maybe we spoil them to death lol _________________ http://www.iherp.com/RickyOrtiz
llamamama SFBATS Education Specialist How many Tarantula(s) do you own?: Too many -- I lost count!
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:11 am Post subject:
Good observation, Ricky. Maybe if they were fed less and growing more slowly, they would grow bigger and age slower. If one had a few years, it would be an interesting experiment to try. _________________ The future belongs to no one.
BayLee SFBATS Secretary How many Tarantula(s) do you own?: 45
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:13 am Post subject:
That is correct Ricky, the males in captivity do grow much fasten, experiments have been done in the hobby.
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"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed."
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- Albert Einstein "
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darth skippy How many Tarantula(s) do you own?: 55
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:42 am Post subject:
one would think that if they grow faster that would be larger when they mature though. at least, this one would
i thought that they had a specific # of molts to go through before they matured? wouldn't that imply that a ready food source would produce larger specimens? or is it perhaps that more nutrition allows them to mature in fewer molts, thus producing smaller MMs?
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