My B. smithi has a leg-span of 3 inches. I have had her about three weeks and during that time she has eaten 7 crickets (I feed 6-8 per month). Maybe my eyes are playing tricks on me but I could swear she's gotten slightly bigger in just that short space of time. Is this possible?
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Is this possible?
- Thread starter Sabeth
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Yes very possible, especially if she had recently moulted.
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its possible you receive the T right after a molt so maybe it started filling out its new body if that make sense. another way to think of it is that when they molt they end up reduce in mass but gain in size. once the start feeding again the fill up with mass again (think like a ballon in a sense) and does look bigger since you got it.
