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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tombombodil" data-source="post: 185695" data-attributes="member: 35039">I got a GBB sling about 3 years ago. After the first two molts I reduced feeding to roughly once per 10 days, sometimes slightly more often. It has been happy and healthy as far as I can tell and I have transitioned it to a full-sized enclosure after it got about 1 and 3/4 inches. However in the three years since I got it it has only molted maybe 6 or 7 times and is barely halfway to being fully grown. This seems pretty slow based on what I've read and seems at odds with the projected life span of the Males (if it does turn out to be male).So my questions are:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Is this particularly abnormal?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Should I be feeding it more frequently?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Are tarantula's life-spans measured from when they hatch or from when they reach adulthood? i.e. if my T is male, and a lifespan of 4 years, but is 3 years old and only halfway to being fully grown, could it die of old age before it's even mature?</li> </ul>Cheers!</blockquote>