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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Weird Girl" data-source="post: 215286" data-attributes="member: 38870">Hello, Everyone.Two weeks ago, I finally got grammostola pulchra/Brazilian black tarantula. She's not yet anywhere near full sized.  When I got her, her leg span was just two inches and she was afraid of the meal worms that I offered her.  It took her a few days, but she acclimated to her enclosure and finally ate a meal worm. In less than two weeks, her leg span has increased by about half an inch and her abdomen is definitely more plump. I've only fed her three meal worms during this time. I'm concerned because I thought that Brazilian blacks were slow growers and this seems a bit fast. Is this normal? Am I overfeeding her? Thanks!</blockquote>