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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Martin Oosthuysen" data-source="post: 34561" data-attributes="member: 1070">The only thing that bothers me is,on the one hand they say a T can't overeat. If anyone believes in that,then power feeding is null and void since taking a human into concideration who could actually over eat this never influences their growth but only promotes overweight situations. I also take note that human and tarantula physiology are not the same,but the pure concept is the same T can't overeat so can't become obese and a T's genetics as any other animal insect or human has a certain set pregrammed code that depicts longevity and growth.Will food truly impact on a T's growth rate or longevity ? From all my specimens I have,I have not observed this so far. Meaning,a T that will mature say in 4 years will now mature in two ? That's a bit weird,since that means we are saying we can manipulate genetics and changes at a cellular level just by manipulating food. If we start believing that,we can start believing we can change color and size and other trademarks,by just changing factors. A T no matter how well fed,has a set size limit why doesn't that change ? Why doesn't a Brachypelma Smithi say grow as large as a therolaposa blondi,just because I fed it more easy it's genetics and preprogrammed at a cellular level. Another thing to look at, take two T's same sack same gender feed the one once a day the other once or twice a week. You will see the first will stop eating faster,while the other one will eat for a greater time period but I'd bet both specimens will go into molting cycle at the same time. This is why some people say,my T hasn't eaten in weeks ! Of course,since you've fed it a lot and it has enough stored food within itself and another will say my T almost ate upto molting time.This isn't a rule,but a mere observation and view and personal opinion. I'd say test it out,look at what I said objectively and logically. In the end I'd bet you'd get to the same conclusion,even though many may have different views on this. So I truly hope you try the test,will be great to see what happens. In my communal setups,the proposed pushing growth hasn't applied wonder if my view will be proved or disapproved good luck.</blockquote>

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