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Do T's stay in premolt longer in cold temperatures?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tomoran" data-source="post: 107278" data-attributes="member: 1152"><p>What species are the slings?</p><p></p><p>The short answer is yes...they will sometimes continue to eat with cooler temps, but it seems as if it takes longer between molts. Their metabolisms slow down more the cooler it gets. Some species experience colder temps in their natural habitats and will stop eating/molting during the colder winter months. My Aphonopelma species, for example, stop eating around October and start up again in April when it starts to warm up. I've noticed my G. rosea and G. pulchripes also stop eating once it gets cooler (and drier) in my home. My G. pulchripes once went from October until May without eating.</p><p></p><p>[USER=4086]@MassExodus[/USER] is right; although they can tolerate lower temps, you'll want to find a warmer corner in your home to keep them in. 10-15 is a quite cold for any length of time. I wouldn't expect them to do much eating or growing at those temps. Are these the temps in your home?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tomoran, post: 107278, member: 1152"] What species are the slings? The short answer is yes...they will sometimes continue to eat with cooler temps, but it seems as if it takes longer between molts. Their metabolisms slow down more the cooler it gets. Some species experience colder temps in their natural habitats and will stop eating/molting during the colder winter months. My Aphonopelma species, for example, stop eating around October and start up again in April when it starts to warm up. I've noticed my G. rosea and G. pulchripes also stop eating once it gets cooler (and drier) in my home. My G. pulchripes once went from October until May without eating. [USER=4086]@MassExodus[/USER] is right; although they can tolerate lower temps, you'll want to find a warmer corner in your home to keep them in. 10-15 is a quite cold for any length of time. I wouldn't expect them to do much eating or growing at those temps. Are these the temps in your home? [/QUOTE]
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