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Message: <blockquote data-quote="foritxxar" data-source="post: 34562" data-attributes="member: 3393"><p>From what I can tell, powerfeeding is less about overfeeding and more about raising metabolic rates by increasing temperatures. Eating more often is just a byproduct. All lifeforms have increased metabolisms at higher temperatures, even humans (it can be easily observed in most mammals by looking at sexual development: hotter climes correlate with faster maturation). By keeping your T too hot, you cause it to develop faster. Like you said, though, I don't believe daily feeding alone would cause faster growth and shorter lifespans. It just doesn't make sense. The worst case scenario I could imagine would be a really fat spider... lol. I think I'll separate my first clutch into four groups: one fed daily at normal temps, one fed daily at hot temps, one fed twIce a week at norms temps, and one fed twice a week at hot temps. I might add a control group, one fed randomly at changing temps (within a safe range, as close to natural temp cycles as possible). That way there'll be some concrete evidence on the whole topic. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>