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Hey all,

I mentioned in another thread about sizing Ts but figured it might be better moved here. My albo arrived yesterday, I ordered one >7cm and here she is.

She is eating well, I dropped a roach in earlier which she immediately pounced on, so later when I was moving my versicolor into her new tank I dropped a roach she hadn't eaten in with the albo and again she grabbed it immediately. She then wiggled her bum and rotated clockwise then counterclockwise - then with the roach still in her mouth she walked over to the water dish and dipped in her front two legs 1 at a time, before turning round and wandering off again to devour the cockroach. Is this standard behaviour?? I've never seen the versicolor do this!

As for size, I managed to take a snap of her with my hand on the other side of the tank. I know she is more than 7cm but I'm not sure where to measure from and to.

Also could anyone give me a rough idea on how much I should be feeding her? I have a selection of crickets around 1" long and red runners just over 1" (though the ones with wings are about 1.5"), I also have meal worms. I don't want to over feed her, but the versicolor eats a roach or a couple of crickets a week. This one is so much bigger and hss such a fast response to food I'm guessing she needs considerably more?

<blockquote data-quote="Steph1304" data-source="post: 210714" data-attributes="member: 38180">Hey all,I mentioned in another thread about sizing Ts but figured it might be better moved here.&nbsp; My albo arrived yesterday, I ordered one &gt;7cm and here she is.She is eating well, I dropped a roach in earlier which she immediately pounced on, so later when I was moving my versicolor into her new tank I dropped a roach she hadn't eaten in with the albo and again she grabbed it immediately.&nbsp; She then wiggled her bum and rotated clockwise then counterclockwise - then with the roach still in her mouth she walked over to the water dish and dipped in her front two legs 1 at a time, before turning round and wandering off again to devour the cockroach.&nbsp; Is this standard behaviour??&nbsp; I've never seen the versicolor do this!As for size, I managed to take a snap of her with my hand on the other side of the tank.&nbsp; I know she is more than 7cm but I'm not sure where to measure from and to.Also could anyone give me a rough idea on how much I should be feeding her?&nbsp; I have a selection of crickets around 1&quot; long and red runners just over 1&quot; (though the ones with wings are about 1.5&quot;), I also have meal worms.&nbsp; I don't want to over feed her, but the versicolor eats a roach or a couple of crickets a week.&nbsp; This one is so much bigger and hss such a fast response to food I'm guessing she needs considerably more?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steph1304, post: 210714, member: 38180"] Hey all, I mentioned in another thread about sizing Ts but figured it might be better moved here. My albo arrived yesterday, I ordered one >7cm and here she is. She is eating well, I dropped a roach in earlier which she immediately pounced on, so later when I was moving my versicolor into her new tank I dropped a roach she hadn't eaten in with the albo and again she grabbed it immediately. She then wiggled her bum and rotated clockwise then counterclockwise - then with the roach still in her mouth she walked over to the water dish and dipped in her front two legs 1 at a time, before turning round and wandering off again to devour the cockroach. Is this standard behaviour?? I've never seen the versicolor do this! As for size, I managed to take a snap of her with my hand on the other side of the tank. I know she is more than 7cm but I'm not sure where to measure from and to. Also could anyone give me a rough idea on how much I should be feeding her? I have a selection of crickets around 1" long and red runners just over 1" (though the ones with wings are about 1.5"), I also have meal worms. I don't want to over feed her, but the versicolor eats a roach or a couple of crickets a week. This one is so much bigger and hss such a fast response to food I'm guessing she needs considerably more? [/QUOTE]

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