Avicularia growth rates

[Jamie Cooper]

Hi guys.

I've had my 4 A. Versicolor slings almost a year now. They were tiny 2cm when I got them and are now around 4cm, each having moulted 4 times. I'm expecting them all to moult again before the end of the month. Is this a normal growth rate? To be honest, I was expecting them to be a little bigger by now. I've read that some people can raise them to adults in under 2 years.

I feed them once weekly and the crickets I feed them are fairly big. Temps range between 70 - 82 night/day.

Thanks, Jamie.

[mike jope]

It sounds very slow for A.versicolour but these things vary, I have some notes on my website that might be relevant for A.laeta, my url is www://insectsupplies.terapad.com

cheers

Mike Jope

[Jamie Cooper]

It sounds very slow for A.versicolour but these things vary, I have some notes on my website that might be relevant for A.laeta, my url is www://insectsupplies.terapad.com

cheers

Mike Jope

Thanks for the reply Mike. Yes it does seem rather slow. To be honest I don't mind the slow progress (providing they are all healthy).

I don't really want to increase the temps as they meet the recommended requirements and I'm not so keen on powerfeeding.

Jamie.

[mike jope]

Dear Jamie

I just loaded my Avicularia versicolour notes on to my website, so you are more than welcome to have a look

cheers

Mike

[Jamie Cooper]

Hi Mike,

Thank you. Although I am having trouble accessing your site. When I copy and paste the link, I get this Alert message saying: www is not a registered protocol. Is the link correct?

Jamie.

[mike jope]

website url for Avicu versicolour notes

Hi Mike,

Thank you. Although I am having trouble accessing your site. When I copy and paste the link, I get this Alert message saying: www is not a registered protocol. Is the link correct?

Jamie.

my url is

http://insectsupplies.terapad.com/

hopefully this link should work ok
cheers
Mike

[Jamie Cooper]

my url is

http://insectsupplies.terapad.com/

hopefully this link should work ok
cheers
Mike

Thank you Mike! Very interesting site. Thanks for the information. It does appear that mine are slow coaches compared to yours and probably everyone else's. I'm not too concerned about it. I suppose I can enjoy watching them grow a bit longer I've recently added some pics of my little beauties in the pictures section.

Jamie.