Tarantula lifespan??

[telefrag]

OK,
I have a question.
Anyone know the average lifespan of a female Mexican Red Knee Tarantula?
I got one as a spiderling in 94 and it died last night.
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So, is 8-9 years a short life for a female, from what I knew, I thought it was around 12-15 years.


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[shady1]

sad to hear [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_frown.gif[/img]
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[morti]

From what I gather, females should live 10-15 years. It sounds like it may have died a little young, but not incredibly young.

I am sorry about your loss though.

-Your Sick Uncle Morti.
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[Ravnos]

Female smithii have been known to live beyond 20 years. Did you have it sexed by an expert tarantula wrangler? [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] If not I would gather to say yours was a male... they usually top out near 10 years (if not bred). Though, any number of reasons could attribute to an early demise - many that have nothing to do with the level of care, unfortunately.

Rav
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[telefrag]

Well, I really wasnt 100% positive of the sex, I dont know much about them.
she/he did slow down on feeding and then started to freak out whenever I went near its cage.
Eventualy it had kicked the hairs off its abdomen.

Kinda a bummer, had this critter for quite sometime, got pretty used to having it living with us.
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[Blackwidow_woman]

[img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img] Female Ts live a lot longer than the males , which when the males mature they are around for a very short period.. But the females i have had lived for a long time.. My female mexican red knee,, way back when i got her was called a redleg befour CITES and the ATS stepped in and she lived for alittle over 13 yrs. Depends on how you care for them and there housing, feed excetra.. So far the oldest female i got right now is 6yrs we shall see how long she makes it.. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
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[RICH8472]

We had a Redknee that lived for over 20 years. She was huge, and very aggressive. Definately the meanest spider i have ever seen in my life. She was also my first.
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