Growth for Tigers

[laurent]

Hi,

I've searched the Internet for an estimate of how long it takes an A. achatina to become adult in captivity.

As though I am fully aware that it greatly depends on how they are kept, I guess that the average environment we provide them with could help get an estimate of how long it takes to get a newly hatched to adulthood... Anyone has information or feedback on theirs ?

Thanks,
Laurent

[spook]

Well My tigers are the slowest growing species I've known!

They'll be just a year old now and are still no where near fully grown!
One is considerably bigger than the other....I'll measure them later and post the results!

[eric2]

i dont think i have ever heard this asked before its an extremly good question

[achatina]

Hi,


we bought our first tigers around two years ago, as little snails with an shell size of around 2cm. Their size is now around - I have to guess, sorry - 12-15cm.
At the beginning of 2008 they started to lay their first eggs and since february we're having the first child generation

Best regards,
achatina

[laurent]

Hi,

I bought mine from Karen last October, and have kept some record of their growth, as well as some external factors that may have (surely have) affected them : change of habitat form moss to coir, different food introduced, a holyday period when my sister acting as caretaker had them in hibernation due to insufficient temperature. It's all in centimeters, but I'll post it soon.

I got my first mesurement on the 28th of Octuber, and the 5 of them were between 28 and 32 mm, they were between 63 and 78 mm at the end of April (one growing faster than the others).

Cheers,
Laurent

[kab]

they are extremely slow growers , but ive found ones kept heated to the correct temp using a thermostat and heatmat grow quicker than any youngsters ive kept at room temp ,
karen

[AlienSnail]

hmm, I have three particular Tigers that I've had since babies. Siblings. Two have grown well but one is very small indeed. I think this happens with most species though to be honest.

I have some Margies that grow slowly whilst others grow faster, as with Fulis too.

I think the Tigers are fairly slow to grow in comparison to other species, but their shells are pretty thick so perhaps that's the reason? I don't know. I agree with Karen though, they certainly like the heat.

[welsh]

I had tigers, must admit i don't think i had them at the right temp as they burried themselfs alot i found the difficult so i sold two and unfortantly the one i kept died. I found the retis grow at a really fast rate!

[laurent]

Hi,

I cary on measuring my 5 Tigers. SO, here we were 2 days ago : 72, 80, 82, 87 and 94 mm. As you can see, the smallest one has resumed a growth rate similar to the bigger one.

Laurent